Record ID: NMGW-B45F06 - EARLY MEDIEVAL coin

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Coin

Unique ID: NMGW-B45F06

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Medieval coin: penny of William I (1066-87)

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Silver, penny of William I (1066-87), PAXS type (probably crown 1), c.1083-6, Mint: St Davids?, moneyer: uncertain.

In very poor condition, and now surviving only as a fragment. Fortunately, the fragment has the full mint name.

Notes:

The mint reads ‘DEVITVN’, retrograde, and the coin belongs to a series of unusual William I pennies, some reading ‘Devitun’, others ‘Fani’, long thought to be Welsh in origin. No Welsh mints have been recorded before the Normans, but a credible case has been made for minting at St David’s (Dewi’s town) and Abergavenny (Y Fenni in Welsh) during the 1080s.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Donated to NMGW
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1083
Date to: Circa AD 1086

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: St Davids (?) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: William I BMC viii (uncertain subtype: N 848/N 849/N 850) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Front facing, crowned bust (probably crown 1), sceptre to right.
Obverse inscription: +PILLEM REX (blundered)
Reverse description: Cross pattee, single letter of PAXS in each angle.
Reverse inscription: [ ]DEVITVN (retrograde)
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial data

Region: Wales
County: Neath Port Talbot
District: Neath Port Talbot
Parish: Aberavon

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Coastland [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Inter-tidal [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2004

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Edward Besly - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Dr John Naylor - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: EMC 2006.0160; NMGWPA 2005.105
Museum accession number: 2004.37H

References cited

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