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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-C37941
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1072
Date to: AD 1074
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.06 g
Diameter: 18.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th April 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2009-2-137
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror
Mint or issue place: Norwich
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: William I BMC iv (N 844)
Obverse description: Bust facing crowned and diademed; to left, a sceptre patté, to right, a sceptre botonné
Obverse inscription: WILLEMVS REX (ANGLOR) (blundered and worn)
Reverse description: Cross fleury with annulet in centre over saltire botonné
Reverse inscription: GODWINE ON NOR[ ] (end part of inscription worn)
Initial mark: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1980 | English Hammered Coinage: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c. 600-1272 | London | Spink & Son London | 153 | 844 |
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