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Description: | Copper alloy disc bearing on one face the figure of an armoured (?) horseman, advancing right and branishing a sword over his shoulder. The horse appears to be covered with a caparison with its tail streaming out behind it. In the exergue beneath the horse are three symbols, now obscured by corrosion by perhaps reading R L X. The reverse shows a simple device which looks like a D cut by a single transverse line.This object appears to be a coin weight but no parallel can be found for the horseman shown on its face. Armed horsemen (the King) are a common feature of the coins of Charles but these are much more sedate than is shown here and the horse is advancing to the left. This weight is also too light to match any of the contemporary gold or silver coins. The inscription in the exergue would support a post Medieval dating for this find.
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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