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Unique ID: YORYM-68B2AA
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval silver penny of Henry I (1100-35), Pax type (North 859; BMC iii; c. AD1103), Moneyer: Eadwine; Mint: York.
Ref: North 1994, 197.
EMC 2015.0004
Dr Martin Allen, Senior Assistant Keeper, Department of Coins and Medals, The Fitzwilliam Museum, states that this is the first known coin of the York moneyer Edwine in the type, reading +EDPINEONEF[E?][-].
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1103
Date to: Circa AD 1103
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.86 mm
Weight: 1.03 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm
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Other reference: EMC 2015.0004
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC iii (N 859)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with annulet left field and trefoil right
Obverse inscription: HE[NRI REX]
Reverse description: PAX between two lines (lower double) with two annulets below and above
Reverse inscription: +EDPINEONEF[E?][-]
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TA0665
Four figure Latitude: 54.07003762
Four figure longitude: -0.3816562
1:25K map: TA0665
1:10K map: TA06NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1991 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 197 | 859 |