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COIN
Unique ID: NCL-98AA32
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Henry I minted between 1125 and 1135, quadrilateral-on-cross-fleury type. North number: 871.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1125
Date to: Exactly AD 1135
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.61 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 19.45 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Tuesday 29th March 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
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: Forward facing bust of ruler
Obverse inscription: [...] PA
Reverse description: Quadrilateral cross on fleury
Reverse inscription: EREI
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
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)
Parish or ward: Thirsk (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4182
Four figure Latitude: 54.232074
Four figure longitude: -1.372529
1:25K map: SE4182
1:10K map: SE48SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | no. 871 | ||
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | no. 871 |
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