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Description: | A circular copper-alloy coin weight of Post-Medieval date. These English made coin weights were made for weighing French or Spanish Pistole or Half-Pistole coins. The majority of the ones identified to date are of Louis XIV. The possibilities are: LVD XIIII DG = Louis XIV (AD1643-1715), IOHANNES V (AD1706-1750), GVLLEIMVS III = William III (AD1694-1702). The obverse shows a head right. The obverse legend is almost illegible but possibly reads LVD [XI]III [DG]... Reverse shows three fleur-de-lis above I (or) I/2 /PISTOL. Weight is 6.17g, diameter is 19.88mm, thickness is 3.17mm. Die axis is probably 7 o'clock.See Biggs, N. English Weights: An Illustrated Survey. 1992, p.32-33.
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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