Record ID: PUBLIC-CBC6B1 - MEDIEVAL coin

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COIN

Unique ID: PUBLIC-CBC6B1

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of William I silver cut farthing

A silver, cut farthing of William I of England. The coin is a sword type, BMC VI. AD 1077-1080. From the letters visible on the reverse, the moneyer is most likely to be ÆDWI and the mint, therefore, London.

Notes:

This coin is also recorded on the Fitzwilliam Museum's Early Medieval Corpus as EMC 2011.0176.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1077
Date to: Circa AD 1080

Dimensions and weight

Length: 11.59 mm
Width: 11.58 mm
Weight: 0.36 g
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: Cut farthing [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror [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 vi (N 846) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, holding sword in right hand
Obverse inscription: [ ]LMR[ ]
Reverse description: Cross pattee over a quadrilateral with incurved sides. Fleury at angles
Reverse inscription: [ ]PION[ ]
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
To be known as: Skidbrooke

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 17th August 2011

Personal details

Recorded by: Mr Tom Redmayne - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Tom Redmayne - [view all attributed records]

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