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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: OXON-2A1D34
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy post-medieval coin weight for an angel. The coin weight was issued in Antwerp by an unknown maker with the initials K I (star) in AD 1576. The coin bears St Michael slaying the dragon on one side while the other has the hand of Antwerp and the maker's mark. See Withers & Withers 2011:27.
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 1576
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.8 mm
Width: 15.6 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2019.368
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Shilton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP2608
Four figure Latitude: 51.77007614
Four figure longitude: -1.62461006
1:25K map: SP2608
1:10K map: SP20NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 |
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