Record ID: SF-D9BE04 - MEDIEVAL coin

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Unique ID: SF-D9BE04

Object type certainty: Certain

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A silver voided short-cross penny of John, Class 6a2-6c1, c.1210-1217 AD. As Wren, 1992: pp. 56-57.

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 1210
Date to: Circa AD 1217

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 1.09 g
Diameter: 18.75 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: John of England [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: London [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: Short cross class 6, not further defined [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle, two hair curls with pellets
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS R-EX (X with rounded ends)
Reverse description: Voided short cross, four pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: +ABEL.ON.LVNDE
Reverse mintmark: Cross Pattee
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

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Spatial data

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: St Edmundsbury
To be known as: Poslingford

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

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Recorded by: Dr Andrew Brown - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Andrew Brown - [view all attributed records]

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