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Description: | Cast copper alloy coin weight probably for a half angel made in Antwerp. The weight is square and flat, 13.9mm by 13.4mm by 1.4mm. It weighs 1.54 grams, 23.6 grains, this suggests it is either for the lighter half angel issued for 1604 to 1619 (maximum 35.5 grains), or the quarter angel issued 1554-1601 (full weight 20 grains). Coin weights are usually significantly lighter than the full weight to fit the legal minimum weight of the coin and also due to corrosion suggesting the half angel is more likely. The front has a raised design of St Michael spearing the dragon in an incuse circle. On the reverse is the raised design: V//R/E//hand in an incuse circle. The hand indicates it was made in Antwerp and the initials are those of Reynier van Ettersom who was known to have been active in 1575 AD (Withers and Withers (1995:61))
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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