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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-922B4F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A post-medieval double-sided copper-alloy coin weight for the gold angel of James I: an 11 shilling coin of James I during the period of his second coinage, as revalued (1604-1619; Withers and Withers 1995, 13). The coin weight is square. One side depicts St Michael spearing the dragon within a pelleted circle, the other one depicts a crown within a rope-twist circle above XI S. . The surface is worn and corroded.
The object measures 15 mm square, by 2.5 mm thick, and weighs 3.65 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1604
Date to: Exactly AD 1619
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 3.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 18th September 2015 - Sunday 20th September 2015
Rally details.
This object was found at Boxted 2015
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
Parish or ward: Boxted (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0033
Four figure Latitude: 51.95950028
Four figure longitude: 0.90948472
1:25K map: TM0033
1:10K map: TM03SW
Grid reference source: From 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 | Identifying coin weights found in Britain: Lions, Ships and Angels | Llanfyllin | Galata Press | 13 |
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