Record ID: HAMP-6CA635 - MEDIEVAL coin

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Unique ID: HAMP-6CA635

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Medieval coin: Cut halfpenny of Henry I

A slightly worn and bent 12th-century silver medieval cut halfpenny of Henry I (1100-1135), Pellets in quatrefoil type (Type 14), struck by the moneyer Ordgar at London mint (c. 1123 AD; North 870; EMC 2011.0266)

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 1123

Dimensions and weight

Length: 19.3 mm
Width: 9.3 mm
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Weight: 0.65 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 halfpenny [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: London [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: Henry I BMC xiv (N 870) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Bust facing crowned and diademed, holding sceptre; [in right field a star]
Obverse inscription: [H]EN[RICVS REX]
Reverse description: Quatrefoil with star in centre and pellets on limbs; four lis around
Reverse inscription: + OR(D)[...]A[... ]
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Winchester
Parish: Chilcomb

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SU5029
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Robert Webley - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Martin Allen - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Ms Laura Burnett - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: E3191

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