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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-FD4305
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A poorly struck, worn and incomplete medieval silver penny of Henry I (1100-35), quadrilateral on cross fluery type (c.1125-35; BMC xv; North 871), mint and monyer uncertain (illegible). Ref: North 1994: 198.
Diameter: 18.9 mm; thickness: 0.55 mm; weight: 1.251 g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1125
Date to: Circa AD 1135
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.55 mm
Weight: 1.251 g
Diameter: 18.91 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC xv (N 871)
Obverse description: bust, three-quarters facing, crowned and diademed. Sceptre in left hand.
Obverse inscription: hE[ ]
Reverse description: Quadrilateral with incurved sides, lis at each angle over cross fleury with pellet in each angle.
Reverse inscription: [ ]S[ ]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Purbeck (District)
To be known as: Wareham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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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