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Description: | A post medieval copper alloy half angel coin weight dating to the 16th century. The obverse depicts Saint Michael slaying the dragon, surrounded by a twisted rope circular border. The reverse depicts a right hand with the letters L and M either side, indicating the manufacturer. The reverse image is also surrounded by a twisted rope circular border. This coin was manufactured in Antwerp, though there are no known examples from the same manufacturer. Withers (1993, 20) notes that the position of the angel can be used to determine date, with this example being post AD1493. However not much more can be said about the date as there are no exact parallels in Withers.There is a regular circular pit on the obverse, to the top left of the central image. This appears to be intentional but it is not certain why this was done.Similar example with different manufacturer marks can be found on the PAS database: SWYOR-4C72F8, NMS-39F245 and LVPL-DB5C13Dimensions: length: 14.56 mm; width: 13.58 mm; thickness: 1.61 mm; weight: 2.19g.Reference: Withers, P and B. 1993. British Coin Weights. A Corpus of Coin-Weights made for use in England, Scotland and Ireland Galata; Powys.
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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