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Description: | A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy circular uniface coin weight for an Angel (c. 1604-c. 1619 AD) issued in the reign of James I (1603-1625 AD).The British type weight depicts St Michael with angel wings and right leg bent spearing a dragon at his feet. Considering that the weight is corroded, its weight at 3.89g (60.2 grains) is probably for an Angel issued between 1604 and 1619 when an Angel weighed 71.0 grains.Weights were usually made for the minimum legal weight of the coin rather than the average and also lose some weight through corrosion over the course of time.The weight is corroded on both faces and there is some peripheral loss at the edges.Diameter: 15.41mm; thickness: 3.23mm. Weight: 3.89g. (60.2 grains).Reference: Withers & Withers 1995: 21; 68.
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