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Coin
Unique ID: SUSS-750D28
Object type certainty: Certain
A silver coin fragment, of an unidentified but unusual coin.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.47 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Other [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Possibly St. Michael spearinga dragon
Obverse inscription: [----]S.PEMR
Reverse description: Standing figure, left, holding flag
Reverse inscription: B[--------]M.
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: East Sussex
District: Wealden
To be known as: Warbledon
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st October 2006
Personal details
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Recorded by: Trista Clifford
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Identified by: Trista Clifford - [view all attributed records]
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- Paul Cannon wrote @ 19:46:13 on the 24th January 2012.
I believe this is a small fragment of a silver coin (?grosso) of Bologna in northern Italy of the period AD 1446-1506. The obverse has a seated figure of St Petronius (the patron saint of Bologna). The fragment has part of his crozier which he holds and some of the folds of his clothing. The surviving inscription reads: S.PETR [ ] recording his name. The reverse depicts an unfurled pennant held by a rampant lion (the head survives). The beginning and end of the inscription is present B [ ] T. I believe it is a T rather than an M. The T compares with the T of the saint's name. This might be reconstructed 'Bononia Docet' ie Bologna teaches - the city had the oldest university in Europe. BH-5F0593 on the database is a near complete grosso of Bologna of the same type and has this inscription. ESS-6D5BD2 is another smaller fragment but sufficient survives to suggest it is yet another example of this type of coin.
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Created:
Monday 5th February 2007
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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