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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-3270C6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval silver hammered cut half penny of Henry I dating from c. AD1125-1135. North 871.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1125
Date to: Circa AD 1135
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 0.1 mm
Weight: 0.72 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 13th August 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC xv (N 871)
Obverse description: Bust facing crowned and diademed, head threequarters left, sceptre in right hand
Obverse inscription: [hENRICVS]
Reverse description: Quadrilateral with incurved sides and lis at each angle over cross fleury
Reverse inscription: +R[...]R
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: Carlton Husthwaite
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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