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Description: | A cast copper-alloy object, probably a Medieval to Post-Medieval coin weight of uncertain type. It is flat, circular in form with a casting seam around the outer edge and appears to be struck on one face only. The obverse(?) depicts what appears to be a hammer or axe between two fleur-de-lis. It measures 16.15mm in diameter, 2.95mm in thickness, and weighs 3.99g.This object is probably a Medieval to Post-Medieval coin weight, although no close parallel has been noted in Withers and Withers (1995). A hammer motif does appear on some Post-Medieval coin weights from Amsterdam (Withers and Withers, 1995: pp. 59) and this might suggest a Post-Medieval date for the current example, which probably dates to between the 15th and 17th centuries AD.
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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