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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-72B672
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver penny of Stephen, possibly a Awbridge type dating from circa 1154-1158.
North, Vol: I, p203, 881.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1154
Date to: Circa AD 1158
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 19.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Stephen of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Stephen BMC vii (N 881; Awbridge)
Obverse description: Bearded bust three-quarters left, crowned and holding sceptre in right hand
Obverse inscription: STIEFN E
Reverse description: Cross voided within beaded quatrefoil; in each angle, a fleur springing from the quatrefoil
Reverse inscription: +REIN[ALD O]N: [----]
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: South Cave
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
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 | p203 | 881 |
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