Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-FBDD63
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval coin; a cut half penny of Henry II (AD 1154 - 1189). The legends and obverse are mainly illegible. See North number 952/1 - 961/3 in North, volume I, page 217. The coin is 20.24mm long, 10.73mm wide and 0.67mm thick. 0.66g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1154
Date to: Circa AD 1180
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.24 mm
Width: 10.73 mm
Thickness: 0.67 mm
Weight: 0.66 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th August 2014 - Monday 25th August 2014
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Other reference: PAS form number 2382
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: N 952-61 (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): uncertain class)
Obverse description: forward facing crowned bust holding sceptre
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: cross potent with a small cross potent in each angle
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE3740
Four figure Latitude: 53.85491727
Four figure longitude: -1.43899308
1:25K map: SE3740
1:10K map: SE34SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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