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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-55F857
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1066
Date to: Circa AD 1068
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.45 g
Diameter: 16 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror
Mint or issue place: Lincoln
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Obverse description: Illegible
Obverse inscription: PILL[EMVS REX]
Reverse description: Cross fleury
Reverse inscription: +GARV[IN...]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: South Ormsby cum Ketsby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 191, pl.15 |
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