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Medieval coin weight
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Lucy Shipley, 2020-04-14 23:07:10
Title
Medieval coin weight
Description
English: A uniface copper alloy coin weight of medieval date, c. AD 1420-1470.

Although damaged, the design, within an inner circle, and arranged around the central flan mark, appears to incorporate a lis and letter A, which Withers and Withers (2011: 41) describe as being an example of an angel weight. 

Measurements: 21.1mm diameter, 1.7mm thickness, weight 3.32g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 1420 and 1470
date QS:P571,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1420-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1470-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 1000699
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1100125
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1100125/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1000699
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 12 November 2020)
Object location51° 02′ 23.28″ N, 2° 55′ 35.15″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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