SUR-14A743: Medieval coin: Penny of Stephen

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COIN

Unique ID: SUR-14A743

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A fragment of a medieval silver penny of Stephen (1135-54), Watford type (c.1136-45; North 873), uncertain mint and moneyer (see below). Ref: North 1994: 203.

The is fragmentary, with c.50-60% of the coin remaining, struck on a squarish blank. Little of the obverse of reverse inscription remains, with the surviving reverse appearing to read +HIL[ ] perhaps indicating the moneyer is Hildibrand of Norwich although this is extremely uncertain.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.64 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 15-1205

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Stephen of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Stephen BMC i (N 873; Watford)
Obverse description: A bust facing right with a sceptre
Obverse inscription: [...]R[...]
Reverse description: Cross moline
Reverse inscription: [...]+HIL[...]

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Nether Wallop (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU3036
Four figure Latitude: 51.12250376
Four figure longitude: -1.57272486
1:25K map: SU3036
1:10K map: SU33NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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