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Description: | A circular cast copper alloy coin weight dating to the post-medieval period. The value ' S.D 13:6' is visible on each face. This would have been one in a set of 11 weights to weigh Portuguese moidore series of gold coins and dates to c. AD 1765. These coins were common in England as well as the West Indies and other countries during the 18th century. The weights were made by watch-makers, jewellers and the like who bought blanks from wholesalers and stamped them themselves. 13:6 probably means 13 shillings and 6 pence
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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