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Description: | Medieval copper alloy coin weight for a half noble. Circular weight with raised line border and stamped fleur de lis and crown. It is 19.8mm in diameter, 2.8mm thick and weighs 3.35 grams, 51.7 grains. The half noble weighed 54 grains between 1412 and 1464.According to Withers and Withers (1995:34) this is an example of a group of "English weights made according to an Act of Parliament of 1421. Several punches for the crown and lis are known. The small hole in the centre of the weight is the mark made when the flan was turned to the correct size. Weights of this type probably ceased being made ca.1471"
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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