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COIN WEIGHT

Unique ID: SF-5739F4

Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper alloy biface coin weight of Post-Medieval date. It is flat, square in shape and rectangular in section, with extensive tool marks visible on all faces. The front face depicts St. Michael with a halo spearing a dragon to the right within an inner circle of pellets. The back face depicts a crown above the letters X.s within a circle of pellets. The back face is also countermarked with the letter I surmounted by a crown. It measures 14.34mm in length, 14.27mm in width, 2.81mm in thickness, and weighs 4.06g. This is a British coin weight for the value of one Angel, the reverse type giving the value of 10 shillings. It falls just a little under the standard weight for an Angel (4.2g), but is for an Angel of James I's 3rd coinage (Withers and Withers, 1995: p. 14). Withers and Withers (1995: p. 67) note that the countermark seen on the reverse of this weight was in use at the end of James I's reign and the very first issues of Charles I, giving a date range for the weight of between c.1619 and 1625-1630 AD.

Inscription: X.s

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1619
Date to: Circa AD 1630

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 14.34 mm
Width: 14.27 mm
Thickness: 2.81 mm
Weight: 4.06 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Mildenhall

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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	14, 67

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Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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