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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: IOW-E53AF8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy double-sided coin weight possibly for a half angel. Manufactured by Bernaert Foncq at Antwerp.
Obverse: St Michael spearing a dragon.
Reverse: Human hand, upright, flanked by initials B F (before 1658).
Length: 16.8mm; width: 15.1mm; thickness: 1.4mm. Weight: 2.07g. (32.0 grains).
The hand on the reverse indicates that the weight was produced in the Low Countries at Antwerp, the initials probably indicating that the manufacturer was Bernaert Foncq (Withers P and BR: 1995, 10 and 60).
Withers, P. & Withers, B. 1995. Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain Lions Ships and Angels. Galata Press.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1658
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.8 mm
Width: 15.1 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 2.07 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th July 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-2-317
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withers, P. and Withers, B.R. | 1995 | Lions Ships and Angels: Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain | Llanfyllin | Galata Print | 10 and 60 |
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