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Description: | Cast copper alloy coin weight in square shape, about 13.5mm x 13.5mm and about 3mm thick. Enclosed within a beaded circlet on the obverse side is an angel facing left, holding a spear and standing in a boat. The reverse side also has a beaded circlet and encloses a crown beneath which are the letters XS (10 shillings). In places a green patina has survived. However, beneath the patina, copper oxides are present. Originally 4.24g this weight for an Angel is now 3.96g and would have been minted between 1620-1632. See Biggs 1992.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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