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A complete cast copper alloy Post Medieval coin weight dating to AD 1720 - AD 1740. The coin weight is circular and bifaced and was used to measure a gold coin of Portugal called the Moidor.
The obverse is probably inscribed with the word MOIDORI as seen on other examples, however the surface is worn and only the M is clearly visible. The reverse face is decorated around the circumference with a pellet border. In the centre is a voided cross with expanded terminals. In each angle is a a leaf form.
The are parallels recorded on the PAS database; (CAM-552373) discovered in Cambridgeshire and (WAW-17D846) discovered in Leicestershire. Withers and Withers (1995) suggest Portuguese coins were widely used in England from the early 1700s to the 1770s.
The coin weight measures 21.32 mm in diameter, 4.41 mm in thickness and weighs 9.9 g. The original weight of the Moidore coin was 10.76 grams as descibed by Withers and Withers (1995) page 55.
Withers, P. and Withers, B.R., (1995) Lions Ships and Angels: Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain Llanfyllin : Galata Print
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Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1720
Date to: Circa AD 1740
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.41 mm
Weight: 9.9 g
Diameter: 21.32 mm
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4 Figure: SP4490
Four figure Latitude: 52.50612782
Four figure longitude: -1.35318167
1:25K map: SP4490
1:10K map: SP49SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Withers, P. and Withers, B.R. | 1995 | Lions Ships and Angels: Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain | Llanfyllin | Galata Print | 55 |