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Unique ID: SUSS-BCA304
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Medieval penny of Henry II (1154-1189), Cross and crosslets (Tealby) type, mint and bust type unclear; c1158-1180. North 952-961.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1158
Date to: Circa AD 1180
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 18.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: N 952-61 (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): uncertain class)
Obverse description: [Crowned bust facing wearing armour and mantle] with cross headed sceptre in right hand
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Large cross potent with small potent in each angle; in centre, a small cross in saltire
Reverse inscription: [...]:ON[...]
(Lombardic n)
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TQ4707
Four figure Latitude: 50.843857
Four figure longitude: 0.086587
1:25K map: TQ4707
1:10K map: TQ40NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.