Record ID: DUR-D26791 - MEDIEVAL coin

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COIN

Unique ID: DUR-D26791

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Coin: Tealby halfpenny (cut) of Henry II

A silver Tealby halfpenny (cut) of Henry II, probably bust B (1161-5), minted in Lincoln, North Number: 953/1-955, further unidentifiable due to fact that the coin is broken and only a frgament remains.

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 1161
Date to: Circa AD 1165

Dimensions and weight

Width: 9.18 mm
Thickness: 0.77 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 16.59 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: Fragment [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]
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: N 953-61 (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): class B-F) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing wearing armour and mantle with sceptre in right hand
Reverse description: Large cross potent with small potent in each angle.
Reverse inscription: ...LIN...
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial data

Region: North East
County: Durham
District: Darlington
Parish: Sadberge

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: NZ3416
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2011 - Thursday 30th June 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Miss Emma Morris - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Frances McIntosh - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Miss Emma Morris - [view all attributed records]

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