Andrews, Murray;
(2025)
Finding the ‘Missing Pieces’.
Coin Weights and the Circulation of Gold Coin in England and
Wales, 1300–1600.
In: Bursche, Alexander and Bodzek, Jarosław and Zapolska, Anna, (eds.)
Proceedings of the XVI International Numismatic Congress, 11–16.09.2022, Warsaw, Vol. iii: Medieval Numismatics.
(pp. 365-373).
Brepols Publishers: Turnhout, Belgium.
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Abstract
Copper-alloy weights were used throughout the late medieval and Renaissance periods to control and monitor the circulation of gold coins, and their presence on archaeological sites offers a unique means of evaluating the nature and extent of gold circulation in places that otherwise lack gold coin finds. This paper uses 1924 finds of fourteenth- to sixteenth-century coin weights from England and Wales to explore long-term dynamics in the circulation of gold coinage, and assesses the significance of this dataset in the light of historical and coin find evidence.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Finding the ‘Missing Pieces’. Coin Weights and the Circulation of Gold Coin in England and Wales, 1300–1600 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-2-503-61674-2 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1484/M.WSA-EB.5.145301 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1484/m.wsa-eb.5.145301 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access chapter made available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International Licence, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10214210 |
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