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COIN

Unique ID: KENT-74C6B4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1077
Date to: Circa AD 1080

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.13 mm
Weight: 1.27 g
Diameter: 18.72 mm

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: William I BMC vi (N 846)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, holding sword in right hand
Obverse inscription: WILLELM REX I
Reverse description: Cross pattée over quadrilateral with incurved sides, feury at angles
Reverse inscription: GODWINE ON LVND
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine