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Description: | A hexagonal copper alloy coin weight of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It is uniface with faceted edges, the obverse depicting the letters I and D separated by a vertical row of three pellets, all within a quatrefoil and inner circle of pellets. The weight measures 14.36mm in height, 15.47mm in width, 1.81mm in thickness, and weighs 2.40g. Withers and Withers (1995: pp. 9) note that hexagonal coin weights are either Anglo-Gallic or French in origin and date to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries AD. This example should be of similar date and origin, the letters perhaps a maker's mark.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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