Lot 998
A MEDIEVAL 'GOLD NOBLE' COIN WEIGHT.
A Medieval Uniface Copper-Alloy 'Gold Noble' Coin Weight, 15th Century. Obv: Ship with a lis and lion in the left and right upper fields, a double end pennant flying to the right. Rev: Plain. 5.79g, 16mm, dia, 3mm thick.
This is a representational weight in that it bears a design similar to the coin which it was intended to weigh. Weights of this type, including those for the Angel and Ryal, were probably introduced in 1471 at the beginning of the second reign of Edward IV.
