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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-2B2215
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy coin weight. Cast discoid weight with the stamped image of a seated king with crown and sceptre. A circumferential legend reads: POIS D'O R IO. Withers and Withers (2011, page 29) ascribe this, or similar variant weights, to equal the mass of a double royal of Philippe VI of France (1293-1350).
Diameter: 14.9mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 3.31gms
Inscription:
POIS D’O R IO
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1293
Date to: Exactly AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 3.31 g
Diameter: 14.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41527
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withers, P. and Withers, B.R. | 1995 | Lions Ships and Angels: Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain | Llanfyllin | Galata Print | page 29 |
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