COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-BEC2A8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny, 1180-1247, mint unknown.
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 1180
Date to: Circa AD 1247
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.65 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st January 2012
Personal details
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Recorded by: Wendy
Scott
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Identified by: Wendy
Scott - [view all attributed records]
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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 [
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Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278 [
scope
notes | View all attributed
records]
Obverse description: Facing crowned bust
Obverse inscription: REX H
Reverse description: Voided short cross and crosslets
Reverse inscription: ROGER.
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Spatial metadata
County: Leicestershire
District: Melton
Parish: Somerby
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7811
Four figure Latitude: 52.691079 Four figure longitude: -0.847406
1:25K map: SK7811
1:10K map: SK71SE
WOEID: 26348592
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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Audit data
Created:
Monday 16th April 2012
Updated: Monday 16th April 2012
