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Unique ID: SWYOR-C463D7
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval silver coin: a penny of Henry I (1100-1135), type 10, London mint, moneyer Blacaman. It is 19.3mm in diameter and 0.8mm thick. It weighs 1.32gm.
Reference: North, volume 1, number 866.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1100
Date to: Exactly AD 1135
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.32 g
Diameter: 19.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011
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Other reference: Doncaster 945
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC x (N 866)
Obverse description: A crowned and diademed facing bust of the king.
Obverse inscription: H[EN]RICVS R[EX] N
Reverse description: A cross fleury with an annulet in the centre.
Reverse inscription: BLACA[M]AN ON LV[N]
Initial mark: Plain cross
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TF0694
Four figure Latitude: 53.432139
Four figure longitude: -0.405991
1:25K map: TF0694
1:10K map: TF09SE
Grid reference source: From finder
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 | number 866 |