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Description: | Copper alloy double-sided coin weight, dating to the Post Medieval period. The weight depicts an angel slaying a dragon on the obverse and a crown on the reverse. The fraction value of the weight would be located under the crown, but is now obscurred due to wear. It weighs 65.3 grains or 4.23g.Withers and Withers (1995; Lions, Ships and Angels, pg. 22) attribute these coin weights to James I.
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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