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Description: | Coin weight for a gold noble.This is a circular weight with a raised linear border, there is an off centre stamped crowned fleur-de-lis in the lower half.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"Withers, P and B, 1995. Lions, Ships and Angels. Identifying coin-weights found in Britain : Galata Print, pp34.
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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