Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-DA7BD2
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver Medieval coin; a broken Scottish penny of John Baliol (1292 - 1296), first coinage, probably minted at Berwick. See number 5065 in Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands. Just over half of the coin survives. It has broken rather than having been cut.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1292
Date to: Exactly AD 1296
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.48 mm
Width: 12.45 mm
Thickness: 0.84 mm
Weight: 0.63 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 27th September 2013 - Sunday 29th September 2013
This object was found at Muddyboots @ Urchfont, Wiltshire
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Other reference: PAS form number 2283
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: John of Scotland
Mint or issue place: Berwick
Type: Scottish: John Baliol First coinage rough surface issue (S 5065 - 5070)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: IOHAN[...]
Reverse description: long cross with pierced mullet of six points in the two surviving quarters
Reverse inscription: [+REX SC]OTORVM
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU0557
Four figure Latitude: 51.31209225
Four figure longitude: -1.92964911
1:25K map: SU0557
1:10K map: SU05NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
No references cited so far.