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Description: | A cast copper-alloy uniface British coin weight of Post-Medieval date. It is flat, circular in form and is struck on the obverse face only, the reverse face flat and undecorated. The obverse depicts St. Michael with a halo spearing a dragon to the right within a beaded border. It measures 18.11mm in diameter, 2.68mm in thickness and 4.72g (72.8grains) in weight.This is a coin weight for a British Angel, as indicated by the depiction of St Michael and the dragon. Its weight of 72 grains suggests it is for a full Angel, probably dating to c.1464-1604 AD (see Withers and Withers, 1995: pp. 21, 68).
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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