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Unique ID: HAMP-E31071
Object type certainty: Certain
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"A silver medieval cut halfpenny of William I 'the Conqueror' (1066-87); 'two sceptres' type (North 844; BMC iv); mint: Marlborough; moneyer: unknown but possibly Cild (the only moneyer listed for Marlborough); AD c.1072-4.
Obverse: PIL[ ]IINI
Reverse: IIERLEBI (on both sides the A is represented by II)
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1072
Date to: Circa AD 1074
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.49 mm
Width: 9.51 mm
Thickness: 1.13 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
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Other reference: E3572; Weekend Wanders USA Tour September 2012
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: William I BMC iv (N 844)
Obverse description: Bust facing crowned and diademed; to left holding a sceptre patte; to right holding a sceptre botonne.
Obverse inscription: (cross patte)+PIL[...] IINI
Reverse description: Cross fleury with annulet in the centre over saltire botonne.
Reverse inscription: +[...]IIERLEBI (on both sides the A is represented by II)
Initial mark: Cross pattee
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU5028
Four figure Latitude: 51.04918
Four figure longitude: -1.288079
1:25K map: SU5028
1:10K map: SU52NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 191 | 844 BMCiv |