Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-4005A5
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper-alloy coin weight of Medieval date. It is square and uniface and rectangular in section. The face depicts a lion seated left within a double square border.
The weight could be for one of several coins: Philip the Good of Burgundy (1419-1467) struck a lion which weighed 4.25g and its fractions (2/3rds: 2.83g, 1/3rd: 1.41g) between 1454-1460. In 1583-1584 the Flanders lion was struck along with its half, which weighed 4.14g. These all have arches above the lion rather than square borders but this based on image and weight the 2/3rds Lion seems the most appropriate option.
It measures 13.95mm in length, 13.11mm in width, 2.07mm in thickness and weighs 2.39g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1454
Date to: Circa AD 1584
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.95 mm
Width: 13.11 mm
Thickness: 2.07 mm
Weight: 2.39 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Other reference: Finders ref: CF1 5
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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