Definición

• An English gold coin, first struck by Edward IV in 1470. It received its name from the design on tlie obverse, which represents the archangel Michael, standing with his left foot upon a dragon, and piercing him through the mouth with a spear.

  On the reverse is a ship, and the original inscription reads, PER CRUOEM TUAM SALVA NOS CHRISTE REDEMPTOR (" By thy cross save us O Christ, our Redeemer "). The Angel succeeded the Noble (q.v.), and was not coined after 1634.

  This coin was the one used for " touch- ing for the King's Evil, " probably on ac- count of its religious inscriptions. See Touchpiece. Tyler, in his History of Scot- land , 1864 (ii, 390), cites an Inventory of Jewels of the year 1488 in which are men- tioned " Two hundredth four score and V angelis, " and Shakespeare, in The Merry Wives of Windsor (i, 3), speaks of " a legion of angels."

Fuente

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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