Record ID: SUSS-FDA065 - MEDIEVAL coin

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Coin

Unique ID: SUSS-FDA065

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Medieval coin: fragment of a cut halfpenny of William I

Medieval silver cut halfpenny of William I (1066-1087), Canopy type, mint and moneyer unclear (possibly BRIHT...), 1070-1072 AD, North 843. The coin may have been deliberately cut in two to form a cut halfpenny before losing about 20% to a break.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1070
Date to: AD 1072

Dimensions and weight

Length: 13 mm
Width: 9.9 mm
Thickness: 0.67 mm
Weight: 0.41 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: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Cut halfpenny [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: William I BMC iii (N 843) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing under canopy
Obverse inscription: [WILLEMVS] REX.
Reverse description: Double quadreilateral with incurved sides, open trefoil at the angles; annulet in centre
Reverse inscription: [...](IH)T[...]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: West Sussex
District: Adur
To be known as: Lancing

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

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th February 2010

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Laura Burnett - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Laura Burnett - [view all attributed records]

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