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Description: | A flat and square copper alloy coin weight. The obverse depicts a shield with three fleur-de-lis; above the shield is a crown, above which is a sun-symbol. Around this device is a ring of dots. The reverse is blank. Fair condition, with a smooth, dark brown surface. This is an English or French weight for a French ecu au soleil; this coin was first issued in 1475, and in 1525, the ecu was worth four shillings. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1474
1650 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Dom Andrews | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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