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Description: | A Late Medieval copper-alloy coin weight for a quarter noble coin.The weight is discoidal and has a central indentation on both sides, created during the turning process. The upper surface bears a stamped crown over a fleur-de-lis, both in negative relief, with a circumferential groove surrounding and a second, lighter, groove inside this. The underside is plain.Diameter: 13mm; thickness: 1.7mm; weight: 1.58g.According to Withers and Withers, weights of this form, for the noble and its fractions, were made in England following a 1421 Act of Parliament, and probably continued to be made until c. 1471 (1995: 34). The weight of this piece, 1.58g, is slightly below the standard weight for the quarter noble during this period, which was 27 grains, or 1.75g.
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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