A system comprising a security device and a combination electronic article surveillance and radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag, said system comprising: a combination electronic article surveillance and radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, the combination EAS/RFID tag including a housing with a first portion including a clutch release mechanism configured to secure a pin to an article and a second portion including an RFID element; the security device comprises: a detacher configured to selectively disengage the clutch release mechanism disposed in the first portion of the combination EAS/RFID tag; and an antenna configured to electronically read information stored in the second portion of the combination EAS/RFID tag, said antenna configured to read information from the second portion of the combination EAS/RFID tag at a position relative to said detacher when the second portion of the combination EAS/RFID tag is disposed substantially tangentially relative to the detacher, characterized in that said antenna is a near field, substantially concentrically circular meander-like microstrip antenna and encircles said detacher and configured to read information from said second portion of the tangentially disposed tag at any angle relative to said detacher, wherein the antenna comprises first and second antenna portions (400a, 400b) each extending as continuous conductors substantially 180 degrees in a meander-like configuration around and between an inner concentric circle reference and an outer concentric circle reference to a common joining position, the inner and outer concentric circle references having (410, 420) a common center point. a combination electronic article surveillance and radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, the combination EAS/RFID tag including a housing with a first portion including a clutch release mechanism configured to secure a pin to an article and a second portion including an RFID element; the security device comprises: a detacher configured to selectively disengage the clutch release mechanism disposed in the first portion of the combination EAS/RFID tag; and an antenna configured to electronically read information stored in the second portion of the combination EAS/RFID tag, said antenna configured to read information from the second portion of the combination EAS/RFID tag at a position relative to said detacher when the second portion of the combination EAS/RFID tag is disposed substantially tangentially relative to the detacher, characterized in that a detacher configured to selectively disengage the clutch release mechanism disposed in the first portion of the combination EAS/RFID tag; and an antenna configured to electronically read information stored in the second portion of the combination EAS/RFID tag, said antenna configured to read information from the second portion of the combination EAS/RFID tag at a position relative to said detacher when the second portion of the combination EAS/RFID tag is disposed substantially tangentially relative to the detacher, characterized in that said antenna is a near field, substantially concentrically circular meander-like microstrip antenna and encircles said detacher and configured to read information from said second portion of the tangentially disposed tag at any angle relative to said detacher, wherein the antenna comprises first and second antenna portions (400a, 400b) each extending as continuous conductors substantially 180 degrees in a meander-like configuration around and between an inner concentric circle reference and an outer concentric circle reference to a common joining position, the inner and outer concentric circle references having (410, 420) a common center point.