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COIN

Unique ID: LIN-35E215

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1083
Date to: Exactly AD 1086

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.66 g
Diameter: 21.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 11th August 2027

Rally details.

This object was found at Central Searchers, Alford, Lincs

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 567

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: William I BMC viii (uncertain subtype: N 848/N 849/N 850)
Obverse description: Facing bust, detail indistinguishable.
Obverse inscription: Not legible
Reverse description: Obscured by the fold in the coin, but is of the short cross 'PAXS' type.
Reverse inscription: Not legible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair