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COIN
Unique ID: OXON-12F233
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval silver penny of Henry I (AD 1100 - 1135), dating to AD 1125 - 1135. Quadrilateral on cross fleury type. Unclear mint and moneyer. North (1994: p 198) No. 871 BMC XV
The coin is chopped in half along a line between 1 and 6 o'clock as seen on th obverse
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1125
Date to: Circa AD 1135
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 11.8 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.74 g
Diameter: 19.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th August 2021 - Sunday 29th August 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OMS receipt 2606
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC xv (N 871)
Obverse description: Bust facing slightly left crowned and diademed, sceptre in right hand
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Quadrilateral with incurved sides and lis at each angle over cross fleury
Reverse inscription: [...] . ON . [...]SI[...]E:[...]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Besselsleigh CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 |
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