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COIN
Unique ID: SOMDOR-F70997
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver, penny, William I (1066-87), PAXS type crown 3, c.1083-6, mint and moneyer uncertain, North 1994, p.192. It is worn, bent and has edge damage
Notes:
PAL1590. From paper record
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1083
Date to: Circa AD 1086
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: William I BMC viii (crown 3; N 850)
Obverse description: Faceing bust with crown, crown 3, sceptre to right (barely visible)
Obverse inscription: P[I]LLE[LM RE]X
Reverse description: Cross pattee, with single of PAXS in each angle
Reverse inscription: []LFR[] ON[]
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Tarrant Hinton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | Type VIII, No.850 |
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