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COIN
Unique ID: DUR-B86264
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Tealby penny of Henry II, 1161-1165, minted by Turstain, mint town unknown, North Number: 956
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1161
Date to: Circa AD 1165
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.54 mm
Width: 17.97 mm
Thickness: 0.67 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th June 2011 - Monday 6th February 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: N 956 (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): C1)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Cross and crosslets
Reverse inscription: AIN . ON .
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Richmondshire (District)
Parish or ward: West Layton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ1410
Four figure Latitude: 54.48515
Four figure longitude: -1.78542
1:25K map: NZ1410
1:10K map: NZ11SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 217 | no. 956 |
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