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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy coin weight dating AD 1585-1621. This is a square, continental weight made for an English coin. The obverse depicts a ship constructed of 4 lines with squares at each end which have been quatered with pellets in each section. The right terminus is topped by an arrowhead the left has a lis or the lower case letter "h". The mast extends to the crow's nest with a flag hanging to the right and three rigging lines on either side all within a circular beaded border. The reverse depicts a rampant lion with an L beneath, within a laurel wreath.This is the personal coat of arms of Lenaart van den Gheere III or IV of Amsterdam (AD 1585-1621). A parrallel can be found in Withers and Withers (1995, 35 and 62) which depicts a wreath around a lion, left rampant, with the letter "L" below.Dimensions: length: 16.33 mm; width: 16.33 mm; weight: 3.37 gReference: Withers, P and B, 1995. Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain Lions Ships and Angels. Galata Print, Powys.
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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