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Description: | A post-Medieval copper-alloy coin weight.On one side of the rectangular weight is the crowned Shield of France flanked by two fleur-de-lis, with a beaded beaded circular border surrounding. The other side has hand dividing the initials 'C' and 'I', with '77' below and a wreath surrounding.Length: 14.6mm; width: 14.9mm; thickness: 1.8mm; weight: 2.57g.This weight was made at Antwerp, by Cornelis Janssen, in 1577 and was for weighing the French ecu or half ecu.
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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