Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-C24483
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver Medieval coin; a broken penny of Henry I (1100 - 1135), Quadrilateral on Cross Fleury type (BMC XV) dating from about AD 1125 - 1135. The coin is broken with only about a quarter surviving. The mint and moneyer are illegible. See North number 871.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1125
Date to: Circa AD 1135
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.78 mm
Width: 9.84 mm
Thickness: 0.76 mm
Weight: 0.41 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th February 2013 - Thursday 6th February 2014
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Other reference: PAS form number 2306
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC xv (N 871)
Obverse description: Bust facing, crowned, holding sceptre, head three quarters left.
Obverse inscription: [HE]NRIC[...]
Reverse description: Quadrilateral with incurved sides and a lis at each point over a cross fleury
Reverse inscription: [...]RI[...]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK8379
Four figure Latitude: 53.30145826
Four figure longitude: -0.75600914
1:25K map: SK8379
1:10K map: SK87NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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