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Description: | A complete copper alloy coin weight of Post-Medieval date. The coin weight is square in plan and rectangular in section. It was issued under Ferdinand and Isabella for weighing the Spanish Excellente coin.The obverse depicts the crowned busts of Ferdinand and Isabella (1469-1504 AD) facing one another, within a beaded circular border. The reverse depicts the Arms of Zeeland with tower above and the initials I and D to either side showing that the weight was made in Middelburg by Isaac Gz Deelen between circa AD 1585 - 1620.The metal has a dark reddish-brown patina and is worn. The coin weight is 15.3mm long, 14.9mm wide, 1.9mm thick and weighs 2.8g.Withers (1995, p.30-31) explains that coins of these monarchs were issued in large quantities all over Europe and the weights are often more than a century younger than the coins.
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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