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COIN
Unique ID: BH-34E186
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A worn and bent silver Penny of Henry I (1100-35), Quatrefoil on cross fleury type, 1125-c.1135, mint: London, moneyer: Edgar, North 1994, p.198. Measures 19.7mm in diameter, 0.4mm thick and weighs 1.36g.
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
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 1.36 g
Diameter: 19.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 20th July 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 07/59 - 2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC xv (N 871)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left, holding sceptre.
Obverse inscription: [HENRIC]V[S]
Reverse description: Quadrilateral with concave sides, over cross fleury.
Reverse inscription: EDGAR:[O]N:LVN[D]
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
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 | 198, pl. 16 |
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Workflow: Published
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