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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-8C91B4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver, penny, Henry I (1100-35), pellets in quatrefoil type (N870), c.1123, mint: possibly Durham, moneyer unknown, North 1994: p.198 pl.16.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1123
Date to: Circa AD 1123
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.01 g
Diameter: 19 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Mint or issue place: Durham
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC xiv (N 870)
Obverse description: Bust facing, crowned and diademed
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX
Reverse description: Pellets in quatrefoils
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4592
Four figure Latitude: 53.404904
Four figure longitude: 0.179701
1:25K map: TF4592
1:10K map: TF49SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
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 | 198, pl. 16 |
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