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Description: | One half of a broken medieval two-piece folding tumbrel (portable coin balance). The forked end broke off at the small rivets that were holding the arm in place. The object is decorated with moulded transverse ridges at the forked end. The centre of the object is decorated with three Xs. Above these is a semi-circular collar before the object terminates in the shape of an acorn decorated with cross-hatching. The object has a mid-green patina.The two-piece folding scales, when opened out, could be sued to check whether a coin was overweight. By placing a silver penny on the pan, the balance was used to show if the coin was the correct weight.Parallels can be seen in the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 3 Fig. 42, number 6. An example which can be seen on the database is LVPL-D7FA64.
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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