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Unique ID: YORYM-81E244
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver penny of William I, Bonnet issue, cross with annulet in centre, circa 1068-1070.
Ref: North, Vol I, p.191,no.842.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1068
Date to: Circa AD 1070
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 19.7 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: William I BMC ii (N 842)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left
Obverse inscription: [WILLEMVS REX]
Reverse description: Floriate cross
Reverse inscription: M[---------]
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p.191 | no.842 |