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Unique ID: LEIC-5D2BEB
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver medieval penny of Henry II, dating to AD 1158-1180. Cross and crosslets ('Tealby') coinage. Mint and moneyer unclear.
North vol.I, 217, no.952ff
Diameter: 18.0mm, thickness: 0.75mm
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 1180
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Diameter: 18 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: N 952-61 (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): uncertain class)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with details unclear
Obverse inscription: Illeg.
Reverse description: Short cross with crosslets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: Illeg.
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK7405
Four figure Latitude: 52.63771097
Four figure longitude: -0.90791989
1:25K map: SK7405
1:10K map: SK70NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1980 | English Hammered Coinage: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c. 600-1272 | London | Spink & Son London | 217 | 952ff |