Record ID: BH-5F0F93 - MEDIEVAL coin

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Coin

Unique ID: BH-5F0F93

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Medieval coin: grosso of the Bentivoglio period in Bologna

A silver grosso from the Bentivoglio period in Bologna, 1446-1506 (see Bellocchi, 1987, no. 159). The coin is damaged and slightly worn. It measures 22.1mm in diameter, 1mm thick and weighs (coin has been struck together and is therefore heavier than it would originally have been) 1.38g.

Class: Grosso

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With 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: AD 1446
Date to: AD 1506

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.38 g
Diameter: 22.1 mm
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: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Uncertain [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Category: Non English coin 1066 - 1489 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: St. Petronius seated, holding model of city and crozier.
Obverse inscription: S. PETR-ONIVS
Reverse description: Lion advancing left, holding pendant; all in four-arched tressure.
Reverse inscription: BONONI-A DOCET
Degree of wear: Worn: fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
To be known as: South Cambridgeshire

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 10th October 2008

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Julian Watters - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Sandy Nicholson - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Barrie Cook - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: Ver 08/119 - 10

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Paul Cannon wrote @ 19:44:13 on the 25th January 2012.
I believe that the following two small fragments of previously unidentified silver coins are from ?grosso of Bologna of the same period (AD 1446-1506) as this example; ESS-6D5BD2 and SUSS-750D28.