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Description: | A copper alloy bi-face sub-square coin weight for a half angel coin. The obverse shows the archangel Michael spearing a dragon at his feet. In the left field is a letter 'R'. The reverse shows evidence of a design but is too badly corroded for it to be resolved. The half angel was a gold coin first issued in 1464 (Withers and Withers 1995: 21). It is 12.3 by 12.3mm, 2.28mm thick and weighs 2 grams, coin weights are typically made slightly light and also lose weight through corrosion. 1464-1619 AD
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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