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Unique ID: LON-CA6818
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
A medieval silver penny of William I 'The Lion' of Scotland (1165-1214); Short Cross and Stars issue (from 1195), Phase B (late William I and posthumous; c.1205-1230); S5031 (although reverse inscription not retrograde as listed for this type).
Diameter: 19.73mm; weight: 1.20g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1205
Date to: Circa AD 1230
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 19.73 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2008
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Ruler/issuer: William I of Scotland
Mint or issue place: Unknown
Type: Scottish: William I, Short Cross and Stars coinage Phase B (S 5029 - 5033))
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with sceptre in left hand
Obverse inscription: [L]E REI W[ILAM]
Reverse description: Short cross with a star in each quarter
Reverse inscription: [ ]rNEh:
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TL8617
Four figure Latitude: 51.820662
Four figure longitude: 0.697355
1:25K map: TL8617
1:10K map: TL81NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 153-154 |