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Description: | An incomplete, corroded and damaged Medieval cast copper-alloy circular uniface coin weight for a half noble (AD 1421-1471).The upper face has a stamped incuse fleur-de-lis surmounted by a crown. It has a small circular pit at the centre. There may have been a border. However, the edges are worn and damaged.The design and size of this coin weight are consistent with it relating to a half noble. Withers & Withers (1995, 34) illustrate these 15th-century coin weights, of a type made according to an Act of Parliament of 1421. It can be dated between this Act and c. 1471 AD, from which time weights for the noble featured a ship design, as on the coin itself. The rear face has multi-directional file marks.The weight has a dark green patina where the surface has survived.Diameter: 13.65nn; thickness: 2.54mm. Weight: 2.05g.
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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