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COIN
Unique ID: SF-442A26
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cut silver halfpenny of Henry I, quadrilateral on cross fleurry type, 1134-1135 AD. As North, 1980: no. 871.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1134
Date to: Circa AD 1135
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.48 g
Diameter: 17.35 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th April 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC xv (N 871)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, head three quarters left, sceptre in right hand
Obverse inscription: []N[]
Reverse description: Quadrilateral with incurved sides and lis at each angle, over a cross fleurry, pellet in each angle of the cross
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Elmswell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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