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Unique ID: SUR-AFEBBC
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval silver penny of cross-and-crosslets 'Tealby' type of Henry II (1154-1180), probably bust E (North 960; c.1168-70). The moneyer reads WILLAME (Willem), probably of Newcastle (NI[ ]).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1168
Date to: Circa AD 1170
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.39 g
Diameter: 14.79 mm
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Other reference: B14-797
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Mint or issue place: Newcastle upon Tyne
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: N 960 (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): class E)
Obverse description: very worn, but shows front-facing crowned bust holding a sceptre.
Obverse inscription: HENRI REX:
Reverse description: Large cross potent with small cross potent in each angle.
Reverse inscription: WILLAME : ON : NI[ ]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU6964
Four figure Latitude: 51.37087642
Four figure longitude: -1.01015041
1:25K map: SU6964
1:10K map: SU66SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1963 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |