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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: IOW-528A96
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete and corroded Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy square uniface coin-weight (c. 1464-c. 1642).
This coin weight is for an angel and the front depicts St Michael spearing a dragon. The rear face is plain.
Length: 15.4mm; width: 14.8mm; thickness: 2.6mm. Weight: 3.66g. (56.4 grains).
The coin-weight is British and dates from between the 15th - 16th centuries, having first been issued in 1464 (Withers 1995: 21).
Weights and dates for angel coin weights are given by Withers (page 68):
80gr. 1464-1604
71gr. 1604-1619
65gr. 1619-1642
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: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1464
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.4 mm
Width: 14.8 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 3.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th December 2017 - Sunday 17th December 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-1-14
Materials and construction
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.
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