Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-A45282
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy Medieval or Post-Medieval coin weight. It is a round flan and uniface, with the design of three lis in a shield with crown over. The flan is 11.21mm in diameter, 2.04mm in thickness and weighs 1.46g. This is most likely a weight for the English or French half ecu, which was issued from the reign of Charles VII, 1422-61, to Louis XI, 1436-75AD. The ecu was current in England in 1525, for four shillings. It is not possible to say whether this is a French or English coin weight. ( Withers 1995, Lions, Ships and Angels, p39).
Class: coin
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1422
Date to: Circa AD 1525
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.04 mm
Weight: 1.46 g
Diameter: 11.17 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Other reference: finder's ref.60
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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