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Description: | A copper-alloy coin weight of post-Medieval date.The double-sided weight is rectangular in plan. One side bears a relief-stamped shield containing a sun symbol with a worn crown above and the legend (extending anticlockwise from 3 o'clock) 'SONNE CR[OON]', meaning 'Sun Crown'. On the other side is a wreath containing a hand flanked by the letters 'H/[F]', with an indecipherable date below.Length: 15.4mm; width: 13.5mm; thickness: 1.2mm; weight: 1.33g.Paul Withers (pers. comm.) identifies this is a coin weight for the French half ecu au soleil. The maker's initials, 'H[F]', refer to Antwerp maker Hans Foncq, who was active between 1577 and 1603.
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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