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Description: | A copper-alloy uniface coin weight for a French ecu au soleil coin.The weight is circular in plan. The upper surface bears a relief-stamped crowned shield containing a sun with eight rays. The reverse is plain. The object measures 13.5mm in diameter, 2.8mm thick and weighs 3.13g.Withers and Withers suggest that coin weights of this form, having a central lis within the crown, were probably produced in England. The ecu au soleil was issued between 1475 and 1654 (Withers and Withers 1995: 39).
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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