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COIN

Unique ID: SUSS-681AE4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A silver cut halfpenny of Henry I (AD 1100-1135). A small chip has broken off of the half which survives. The moneyer is Ailward and the type is 'Cross in Quatrefoil' (= BMC 9 and North 865) which would suggest that the mint is Winchester according to North's table

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1109

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.76 mm
Weight: 0.63 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st June 2004

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Mint or issue place: Winchester
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Obverse description: Bust facing, crowned and diademed; in right hand, a sceptre surmounted by a quatrefoil of annulets; in field right, a star and quatrefoil of annulets.
Obverse inscription: [+HENR]I REX
Reverse description: Cross pattee within pointed quatrefoil; in field, four quatrefoils of annulets.
Reverse inscription: AELPA[--]

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Firle

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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.	1980	English Hammered Coinage: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c. 600-1272	London	Spink & Son London	158	865

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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