SOMDOR-136CD5: Medieval Coin: Penny of Henry I

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COIN

Unique ID: SOMDOR-136CD5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Silver penny of Henry I, dating to AD 1117. A full face/cross fleury type. Minted by William in Canterbury.
Reference: North, Vol I, No. 866
Diameter:19.6 mm
Weight: 1.35 g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1117

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.35 g
Diameter: 19.6 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC x (N 866)
Obverse description: Full face portrait with crown and diadem
Obverse inscription: [HEN]RIC[VS REX AN]
Reverse description: Cross fleury with annulet centre
Reverse inscription: [WI]LLE[M ---]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
Parish or ward: Upwaltham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU9413
Four figure Latitude: 50.90882627
Four figure longitude: -0.66439255
1:25K map: SU9413
1:10K map: SU91SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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	197	866

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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