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Description: | Early post medieval cast copper alloy coin weight for a medieval gold noble (last made in 1470), made in Antwerp. The obverse shows a ship, and the reverse shows a hand with dividing 8 & 0 (for 1580) at the top, and the initials H-F(?) at the bottom, with an unclear symbol/letter at the base of the hand, all within a laurel wreath. The initials HF? could be for the maker Hans Foncq, who was working from 1577-1603 (see Withers (1995, "Lions, Ships and Angels", Galata) p60). Length 16.16mm, width 15.40mm, thickness 3.46mm, weight 5.66g. | 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: | 1580 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rachel Atherton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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