Record ID: SWYOR-EEF8F6 - MEDIEVAL coin

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Unique ID: SWYOR-EEF8F6

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Medieval Silver Coin: A Cut Half Penny of Henry II

A Medieval silver coin: A cut half penny of Henry II (1154-1190). Probably bust type E2 (1168-1170); mint and moneyer unknown. Also see North, page 161-162, number 960. A possible parallel for this may be found on the database at PAS record ID: NLM-00BE14.

Length: 18.7mm; Width: 9.5mm; Thickness: 0.86mm; Weight: 0.73g

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 1168
Date to: Circa AD 1170

Dimensions and weight

Length: 18.7 mm
Width: 9.5 mm
Thickness: 0.86 mm
Weight: 0.73 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: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Cut halfpenny [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: N 960.2 (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): E2) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Forward facing crowned bust with sceptre
Obverse inscription: [...]EX[...]
Reverse description: Large cross potent with a small cross in each angle; a cross saltire in the centre
Reverse inscription: [...]ES[...]
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: South Yorkshire
District: Doncaster
Parish: Adwick Le Street

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SE5309
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: Ms Mary Blevins - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Mary Blevins - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 1666

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