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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-DA6C79
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cut Tealby halfpenny of Henry II dating from c. AD1163-1167. Possibly a class C, based on the remaining folds on the arm. The moneyer is Willem (reads as +PILLEM) making the mint either Canterbury, Carlisle, Newcastle, Thetford or Winchester.
Obv: hENRI [R/RE]. Crowned bust facing
Rev: +PILLEM[...] short cross with cross crosslets in angles
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1163
Date to: Circa AD 1167
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.69 mm
Weight: 0.62 g
Diameter: 19.12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th March 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: N 956-7 ? (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): class C?)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: hENRI [R/RE]
Reverse description: short cross with cross crosslets in angles
Reverse inscription: +PILLEM[...]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
To be known as: Papcastle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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