Record ID: LIN-D30A37 - MEDIEVAL coin

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Unique ID: LIN-D30A37

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Silver penny of Stephen

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A broken silver penny of Stephen, 'Watford' type.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Post AD 1135
Date to: Ante AD 1154

Dimensions and weight

Diameter: 18 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: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Stephen of England [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: S [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: Stephen BMC i (N 873; Watford) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Bust right, crowned and diademed, holding sceptre in right hand.
Obverse inscription: [STI]EFNE [REX]
Reverse description: Cross moline with a fleur in each angle
Reverse inscription: [ ]?AR:ON:?S[ ]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

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Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Leicestershire
District: Melton
To be known as: Bottesford

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

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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