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Description: | Copper alloyPossible Token. Disc, possibly milled, and possibly retaining a faint trace of a head laureate right on one side. This may be a very worn coin or token, possibly of George I (1714-1727). Whatever the original design - if any - it is over-stamped with the alchemical symbol representing Mercury (both the planet and the element). Up to the 18th century such symbols represented esoteric subjects, and thereafter were used as means to identify chemical or pharmaceutical materials. Mercury was used to treat venereal disease among other complaints. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1750. Alternatively, the mass might make this suitable to serve as a weight representing a 9slightly underweight) quarter of one averdepois ounce.Diameter: 26.9mm, Weight: 6.58gms
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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