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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: LANCUM-71593B
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper alloy uniface coin weight, dating from the later medieval or post-medieval period, c. AD1350 to c. AD1550.
The weight is sub circular in plan and the obverse face possibly displays a moulded design consisting of a fleur de lis / lys, with a pellet border. The reverse face is plain and undecorated.
Withers & Withers (1995, 33) suggest that the fleur de lis / lys was used in both England and France for a florin between c. AD 1350 and c. AD 1550. Similar coin weights have been recorded on the PAS database as FAKL-54FE02 and IOW-F9C601.
Reference:
Withers, P. & Withers, B. 1995. Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain Lions Ships and Angels. Galata Press.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 7.27 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
To be known as: Upton Grey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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