WAW-EA2C28: Medieval coin: penny of Henry I

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COIN

Unique ID: WAW-EA2C28

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Silver, penny, Henry I (1100-35), annulets type (N857), c.1100, mint and moneyer unknown, North 1994: p.196, pl.16. The coin has been doublestruck.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.34 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 28th March 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

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 i (N 857)
Obverse description: Crown, bust facing forwards, an annulet either side of the neck.
Obverse inscription: HE[NRI(CUS)] REX
Reverse description: Cross fleury with annulet centre. In each angle three pellets which rests on a pile on the inner circle. The reverse has been double-struck and is therefore unclear.
Reverse inscription: Illegible - The reverse has been double-struck and is therefore unclear.

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Brailes (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP2941
Four figure Latitude: 52.066618
Four figure longitude: -1.578367
1:25K map: SP2941
1:10K map: SP24SE
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	196, pl.16

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Workflow: Published

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Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
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Workflow: Published

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Recording Institution: WAW
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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