Record ID: LIN-96C633 - MEDIEVAL coin

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Unique ID: LIN-96C633

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Medieval silver penny

A silver penny of William I, 'Profile/Cross and Trefoils' type, struck 1080-1083, moneyer VLF, mint of Lincoln. North number 847.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1080
Date to: Circa AD 1083

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: William the Conqueror [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Lincoln [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: William I BMC vii (N 847) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Bust right crowned and diademed; in front, a sceptre.
Obverse inscription: PILLELM REX
Reverse description: Cross pattee with annulet in centre; in each angle, a voided trefoil.
Reverse inscription: VL(?A)F ON LINCOLN
Degree of wear: Worn: fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

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Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: Boston
To be known as: Fishtoft

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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