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WEIGHT
Unique ID: BERK-DBEBE9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post Medieval copper alloy uniface coin weight for an Angel, dating to 15th - 16th century. One side of the weight depicts St Michael with a halo over his head, with one leg straight and the other bent, spearing a dragon. The reverse side is undecorated.
The weight is 15.5mm in diameter, 3.2mm in thickness and weighs 4.2g (= 64 grains).
Similar coin weights can be found in Withers & Withers 2011, page 26. Withers & Withers state that the depiction of the angel with the right leg bend and left leg straight indicate these were not produced before 1493. (ibid). See also IOW-019E73, WREX-AF87E4, CORN-22F1E5.
Notes:
Not seen by FLO, with finder. Emailed photos.
Class: Coin
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1493
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 4.2 g
Diameter: 15.5 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Speen (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4569
Four figure Latitude: 51.41823615
Four figure longitude: -1.3542664
1:25K map: SU4569
1:10K map: SU46NE
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggs, N. | 1992 | English Weights: An Illustrated Survey | Powys | White House Publications | Page 26 |
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