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Description: | A post-Medieval square copper-alloy double sided coin weight (1604-1625). Obverse: Xs (for 10 shillings) under a crown with a crowned I stamped upper right. Reverse: Archangel Michael spearing a dragon at his feet. This is a British made weight for an angel produced under James I (Withers and Withers 1995: 14i and 22). 14.4 x 14.3 x 12.4mm. 2.49g (54.0 grains). A full weight angel of the period 1604-1619 weighed 71 grains. Between 1619-1642, the weight of an angel was 65 grains; coin weights are typically made slightly light and this weight is slightly corroded. An angel was worth 10 shillings between 1604 and 1612 and 1619 and 1642.
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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