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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-4BA164
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver cut half penny of Henry I (1100-1135), Br. XV, quadrilateral on cross fleury type, North 871, Spink 1276
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: AD 1135
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.65 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2009 - Monday 31st August 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: Henry I BMC xv (N 871)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing crowned and diademed, head three-quarters left, sceptre in right hand
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS
Reverse description: quadrilateral with four pellets and incurved sides and lis in each angle over cross fleury
Reverse inscription: too worn to make out
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Sennen (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW3626
Four figure Latitude: 50.075356
Four figure longitude: -5.691154
1:25K map: SW3626
1:10K map: SW36SE
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. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 146, | No.871 | |
| Spink and Son Ltd | 2005 | Coins of England and the United Kingdom | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 136, | No.1276 |
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