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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: IOW-837CB9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete and worn Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy square uniface coin-weight for a French 'ecu au soleil' (c. 1475-c. 1654).
The weight has a raised heraldic shield charged with a sun with eight wavy arms or streams below an open bifoliate crown. The sun in shield motif, perhaps alluding to the sun with streams badge of Edward IV (second reign 1470-1483), was used to check the French 'ecu au soleil'which was issued from 1475, and in 1525 was valued at four English shillings.
Length: 13.8mm; width: 13.0mm; thickness: 1.0mm. Weight: 1.06g. (16.36 grains).
This is probably an English coin-weight for a French half ecu au soleil. This denomination was issued between 1475-1654. It is well under weight, the weight for a full ecu being approximately 3.38-3.50g. (Withers and Withers, 1995: pp. 39, 70).
Withers, P. and Withers, B.R., (1995) Identifying coin weights found in Britain: Lions, Ships and AngelsLlanfyllin : Galata Press.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1475
Date to: Circa AD 1654
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.8 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.06 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th February 2019 - Sunday 10th February 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2019-7-61
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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 | Identifying coin weights found in Britain: Lions, Ships and Angels | Llanfyllin | Galata Press | 39, 70 |
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