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Coin
Unique ID: LEIC-F15224
Object type certainty: Certain
Medieval silver penny of Henry I, Leicester, 1123, Moneyer Chitilvs (North 870, BMCxiv). Also recorded on EMC 2010.0039.
Notes:
This is one of only three coins of this type known.
Martin Allen has said 'HENRY I BMC type 14 (Pellets in Quatrefoil) is of great importance for the monetary history of England in the twelfth century. It is believed to have been the last type issued before the system of periodic recoinages introduced in the late tenth century was at least temporarily abandoned, in the aftermath of the assize of moneyers held at Christmastide 1124-25. It has been argued that most of the type 14 moneyers were removed from office in this assize, and that the sharp reduction in the number of mints between Henry I types 14 and 15 was part of a radical reorganization of the English coinage connected with the dismissal of the moneyers'. British Numismatic Journal 79 (2009), pp. 72-171.
Blackburn 1990, 64-71.
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1123
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.29 g
Diameter: 21 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]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Leicester [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Facing crowned and diademed bust with sceptre, star in right field
Obverse inscription: HENRICVSR
Reverse description: Quatrefoil with trefoil terminals and star in centre, four lis in spaces
Reverse inscription: +chITILVS.ON(quatrefoil stop)LEIC
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial data
Region: East Midlands
County: Leicestershire
District: Melton
Parish: Waltham
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SK7922
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th August 2009
Personal details
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Recorded by: Wendy Scott
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Identified by: Wendy Scott - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC 2010.0039.
References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Friday 9th October 2009
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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