For a project of mine, I'm searching for the prices for armor, shields and weapons. I've already read much of the posts here on /r/AskHistorians and on worldbuilding.stackexchange, so I've found some of them. However, I still can't find any information about some armor and I can't find anything on shields.
I'm asking for the average price of (hardened) leather armor, segemented armor (lamellar, laminar or scale armor), buckler shield, round shield, kite shield, mantlet, and tower shield.
The price can come from any part of the globe (not only Europe) and from any time of the Middle Ages (I know prices have changed a lot over time, so if you have multiple prices for the same object write them all).
I have found most of the prices in pounds, so if you have any prices not in pounds I'd like you to give a coin conversion to pounds or point to one.
With "average price", I mean the price of a certain object of average quality. I have found full plate armor costing up to 40 pounds, but only because it was decorated and of prestigious quality.
For comparison, I found these prices for the following armors:
If you also have any different prices from what I have found, please write them in your answers.
Thank you in advance. I'm looking forward to reading your answers.
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