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Coin
Unique ID: SUSS-E916E5
Object type certainty: Certain
Medieval silver penny of Henry I (1100-1135), Pellets in quatrefoil type, struck by Leofwine at Southwark mint in c. 1123 AD, North 870. This coin was not trimmed to the border in places. It has subsequently been bent at has lost around 10% of the flan from the edge.
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1123
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.22 g
Diameter: 23.2 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: Penny [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Southwark [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: Henry I BMC xiv (N 870) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Bust facing crowned and diademed, holding sceptre; in right field a star
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS [REX]
Reverse description: Quatrefoil with star in centre and pellets on limbs; four lis around
Reverse inscription: LEFPINE : ON : SVD[...]
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Coin references
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Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: East Sussex
District: Wealden
To be known as: Long Man
Method of discovery: Metal detector
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General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 19th October 2009
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Robert Webley
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Identified by: Ms Laura Burnett - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Thursday 26th November 2009
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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