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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-8F2A17
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval silver penny, Henry I North 858 (cross-fleury type) 110-1135, mint and moneyer unknown.
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1100
Date to: AD 1135
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 4th March 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC ii (N 858)
Obverse description: crowned bust holding sceptre
Obverse inscription: [HENRIREX]
Reverse description: cross fluery with annulet centre
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Scraptoft (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6405
Four figure Latitude: 52.63898
Four figure longitude: -1.055669
1:25K map: SK6405
1:10K map: SK60NW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | 858 |
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