Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
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Unique ID: WILT-586515
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver cross and crosslet Tealby type penny of Henry II dating to the period AD 1158-1161. The coin is worn and bent. The obverse crown appears at first sight to be bifoliate but this may simply be wear and the bust is likely to be North bust A fig 1 (or possibly fig 3). Uncertain moneyer and mint.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1158
Date to: Circa AD 1161
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.02 g
Diameter: 19.63 mm
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Other reference: SSWM 4302
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with sceptre in right hand.
Obverse inscription: hENRI [ ]
Reverse description: Large cross potent with small potent in each angle, in centre a small cross in saltire.
Reverse inscription: [ ] ET : ON [ ]
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU0324
Four figure Latitude: 51.01537053
Four figure longitude: -1.95860828
1:25K map: SU0324
1:10K map: SU02SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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