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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-179613
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval silver cut halfpenny of William I (1066-87), Profile/Cross Fleury type, mint and moneyer unclear (possibly Theodred), 1066-1068 AD, BMC i, North 839. The coin is bent with slight cracks
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1066
Date to: Exactly AD 1068
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.4 mm
Width: 9.1 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.42 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 4th February 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: William I BMC i (N 839)
Obverse description: Bust facing left [crowned and diademed] in front a sceptre
Obverse inscription: ǷILL[EMVS REX]
Reverse description: Cross fleury with annulet to centre
Reverse inscription: [...]O(...RE)DO ON [...]
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Horsham (District)
To be known as: Near Upper Beeding
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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