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Unique ID: SWYOR-372A56
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval silver coin; an irregularly shaped fragment (possibly a cut quarter) of a penny probably of Stephen (1135 – 1154), possibly Watford type. It has a length of 14.92mm, width 6.58mm, thickness 0.62mm, weight 0.27g. Cf North 873.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1135
Date to: Circa AD 1154
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.92 mm
Width: 6.58 mm
Thickness: 0.62 mm
Weight: 0.27 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 14th November 2009
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Other reference: PAS form number 1009
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Denomination: Cut farthing
Ruler/issuer: Stephen of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Stephen BMC i (N 873; Watford)
Obverse description: Crowned bust right (only fleurs on top of crown visible)
Obverse inscription: […]F[…]
Reverse description: Cross Moline with a fleur in each angle (only one fleur visible)
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE6926
Four figure Latitude: 53.725848
Four figure longitude: -0.955712
1:25K map: SE6926
1:10K map: SE62NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 873 |