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Description: | A double-sided copper-alloy square coin weight of post-medieval date. The weight is a 'sport', that is, it does not relate to a coin as such, rather it is the product of a moneyer playing with dies in their spare time.The flan would appear to be genuine, but relate to a different coin to the dies used - those for an angel of James I. On one face the die for striking St Michael has been struck twice so that the two angels join in a mirror image. On the other face the crown has been struck twice so that the crowns are opposing. This was done by rotating the flan through 180° and striking it again, with the upper die held at a slight angle in each case, so as to strike the image only partially.The object was probably made in the Low Countries (Paul Withers pers. comm. 4th November 2008).
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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