Record ID: SWYOR-211E61 - MEDIEVAL coin

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Unique ID: SWYOR-211E61

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Medieval Silver Coin: A Penny of Stephen

A Medieval silver coin: a penny of Stephen (1135-1154); Watford type, minted 1136-1145 probably at Thetford or possibly Taunton. See North, volume 1, page 150, number 873. Compare 1200.0110 on the Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds.

Thickness: 1.8mm; Diameter: 21.4mm; Weight: 1.29g

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 1136
Date to: Circa AD 1145

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 1.29 g
Diameter: 21.4 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: Thetford [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: Right facing bust holding sceptre
Obverse inscription: [STIEF]NE RE[X]
Reverse description: Cross moline with a fleur in each angle
Reverse inscription: [GODHE]SE:ON:(C)[...]
Die axis measurement: 6 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: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: West Yorkshire
District: Leeds
Parish: Aberford

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SE4328
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 1000 metre square.

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

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Mary Blevins - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Mary Blevins - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Ms Amy Downes - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 1646

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