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Description: | A copper-alloy uniface coin weight. The weight is sub-square in plan. The upper surface bears a stamped fleur-de-lis within a circular border. The surfaces are slightly corroded. It measures 14.5mm long, 13.5mm wide and 2.5mm thick. It weighs 2.59g.According to Withers (1995: 33), such weights are French or British and were made from the florin coin, which circulated in Europe between c. 1350 and 1550.
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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