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Description: | A post-Medieval copper-alloy coin weight.The sub-square weight is double-sided. On one side, relief stamped, is the crowned shield of France, flanked by a pair of lis and surrounded by a beaded circular border. On the other side is a hand symbol, with the letters 'F V I' around the top, a number '8' to the bottom left and possibly a worn '3' to the right.Dimensions: 15.1mm long, 14.9mm wide, 1.1mm thick. Weight: 1.41g.This weight was produced by a currently unknown Antwerp maker, probably in 1583 (see Withers and Withers 1995: 60), and was for weighing the French half ecu, which was struck between 1423 and 1474.
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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