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Description: | A complete copper alloy uniface coin weight of the medieval period. The coin weight is for a half noble and dates to the period AD 1421-1471. The upper face has a stamped fleur-de-lis surmounted by a crown. It has a small circular pit at the centre and a moulded concentric band around the outside edge. The reverse face has multi-directional file marks. The coin weight is for a half noble of 54 grains; this example is slightly under at 47.8 grains.The design and size of this coin weight are consistent with it relating to a half noble. Withers & Withers (1995, 34) illustrate these 15th-century coin weights, of a type made according to an Act of Parliament of 1421. It can be dated between this Act and c. 1471 AD, from which time weights for the noble featured a ship design, as on the coin itself.
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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