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Description: | A copper-alloy coin weight for a post-medieval gold angel. The weight weighs 4.6 grams and measures 16.8 mm in diameter. The obverse depicts the archangel Michael, spearing a dragon through its mouth. The reverse is unadorned. Such coin weights were used from 1464, during the reign of Edward IV to the reign of Charles I, ceasing to be used at around 1632 (Withers and Withers 1993, 20). However, the weight was lowered from 80 grains to 71 in 1604 and lowered again in 1619 to 65 1/2 grains. As this weight measures 4.6 grams (70.5 grains) it is possible to say that it dates from between 1604 to 1619, to the reign of James I. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1604
1615 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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