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COIN

Unique ID: DEV-9469F0

Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval silver hammered coin. The coin is a silver penny of William I (1066 - 1087); it dates from c.1074 - 1077 AD. Type: Two stars; Mint: Wallingford; Moneyer: Sweartlinc. See below for reference.

Notes:

Found c. 1988 and originally shown to Reading Museum and Art Gallery, who forwarded the coin to the Ashmolean Museum for further identification.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1074
Date to: Circa AD 1077

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.295 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror
Mint or issue place: Wallingford
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: William I BMC v (N 845)
Obverse description: Bust facing crowned and diademed between two stars.
Obverse inscription: WILLEM REX (AN)
Reverse description: cross botonnee over quadrilateral with incurved sides; annulet in centre.

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU6583
Four figure Latitude: 51.542164
Four figure longitude: -1.064119
1:25K map: SU6583
1:10K map: SU68SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
North, J.J.	1980	English Hammered Coinage: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c. 600-1272	London	Spink & Son London	153	no 845

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Recording Institution: DEV
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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