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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-F58306
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Medieval silver penny of Stephen (1135-1154), Cross voided and mullets type, minted by Wulfric at Sandwich, c.1145-1150, North 878, BMC ii, Mack 53-66.
About one quarter of the coin has broken away recently, patination on the edges of the break suggest it was cracked almost completely through some time ago but was held together in the soil. The two pieces were found together.
Notes:
Of 96 coins of this type recorded on the EMC and SCBI 5 are of this mint/moneyer
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1145
Date to: AD 1150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.27 g
Diameter: 19.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 17th September 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Mint or issue place: Sandwich
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Stephen BMC ii (N 878; Cross Voided and Mullets)
Obverse description: Crowned bust turned partly to left holding sceptre in right hand
Obverse inscription: [S]TIEFN[E]
Reverse description: Short voided plain cross with three pellets at the end of each limb and a pierced mullet in each quarter
Reverse inscription: [P]VLFR[IC] ON SAN
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Tarring Neville
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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