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Unique ID: LEIC-CD4AD2
Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval silver penny of William I, London mint, Profile cross and trefoil type, BMC VII, 1080-83.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1080
Date to: Circa AD 1083
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.21 g
Diameter: 19 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: William I BMC vii (N 847)
Obverse description: right facing crowned bust with sceptre
Obverse inscription: PILLELIMREX
Reverse description: serifed cross with trefoils in quarters
Reverse inscription: EDPIONLIINDIII
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4 Figure: SP4065
Four figure Latitude: 52.281695
Four figure longitude: -1.415087
1:25K map: SP4065
1:10K map: SP46NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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