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Description: | A cast, copper alloy, medieval coin weight for weighing the gold ryal, dating from AD1400-1600. This is an English weight. It is uniface and oval in shape. It shows the king, holding sword and shield, standing in a ship with a rose on the side. It is 18.5mm long, 16.1mm wide and 3.9mm thick. It weighs 6.8gm.Similar weights are illustrated in Withers, 1995, Lions, Ships and Angels, page 19.
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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