NARC-5038E2: Medieval cut farthing, obverse

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COIN

Unique ID: NARC-5038E2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A medieval silver cut farthing of Stephen (1135-54), Watford type (1136-54; North 873). Ref: North 1994: 203.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1136
Date to: AD 1145

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Ruler/issuer: Stephen of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Stephen BMC i (N 873; Watford)
Obverse description: Probably crowned bust facing.
Obverse inscription: ...REX
Reverse description: Short cross, pellets in quarter.
Reverse inscription: N?E...
Initial mark: Illegible

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hanslope (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7747
Four figure Latitude: 52.115969
Four figure longitude: -0.8769
1:25K map: SP7747
1:10K map: SP74NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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1 comment

Mark Schollar wrote @ 19:34:24 on the 30th October 2012.
Is this not a 1/4d of Stephen Watford type?

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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