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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-2EDDC3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver penny of Stephen, Watford type, circa 1136-45.
North, Vol: I, p203, 873 c.f.
Notes:
The finder emailed these details to the FLO for recording. The FLO has not seen the object, the photograph was provided by the finder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1136
Date to: Circa AD 1145
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 0.41 mm
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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 i (N 873; Watford)
Obverse description: Uncertain bust, sceptre
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Cross moline with a fleur in each angle
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Worn: 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: Sancton
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, 873 c.f. |
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