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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-E4DEC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1205
Date to: Exactly AD 1207
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.61 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Monday 2nd March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16431
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: John of England
Mint or issue place: Carlisle
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 5b1 (N 970 i)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing [holding sceptre to left]
Obverse inscription: hENRI[CVS REX]
Reverse description: Short voided cross pommee with small pommee saltires in the quarters
Reverse inscription: [TOM]AS . ON . C[...]
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alvediston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 |
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