Record ID: LIN-C84E23 - MEDIEVAL coin weight

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Coin weight

Unique ID: LIN-C84E23

Object type certainty: Certain

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15th century copper alloy 'Noble' coin weight. This coin weight is circular in plan, is 4mm thick and has a diameter of 16mm. It weighs 5.58grammes (approximately 97 grains), which is the equivalent of a full Noble coin. The design shows a ship facing right with a lis and lion in the left and right upper fields. The ship has one stay left and one to the right, with a double end pennant flying to the left. The castles is small and hatched. The reverse of the weight is blank. See Withers and Withers, 1994,page 15, number 169.

This is a representational weight in that it bears a design similar to the coin which it was intended to weigh. Weights of this type, including those for the Angel and Ryal, were probably introduced in 1471 at the beginning of the second reign of Edward IV.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1471
Date to: Circa AD 1509

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 5.58 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
Parish: Willoughby With Sloothby

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF4772
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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