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Unique ID: PUBLIC-2DD622
Object type certainty: Certain
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Hammered Silver Penny struck in Valenciennes. Sterling of John of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut.
Class: Silver Penny
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1280
Date to: Circa AD 1304
Period of reuse: MEDIEVAL
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 19.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 3rd September 2010
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Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Mint or issue place: Valenciennes
Obverse description: Bust facing, wearing chaplet of roses
Obverse inscription: I COMES HANONIE
Reverse description: Long cross patee with thre pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: VALENCHENENS
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
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