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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-5DA517
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete medieval silver penny of uncertain ruler. Short cross Class uncertain dating to 1180-1247. Minted by uncertain moneyer at uncertain mint. North (1994)
Around two thirds of the original flan survives, with a break and loss to one side. The coin has also been bent. It now measures 19.0 mm in diameter, 0.4 mm in thickness, and weighs 0.77 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1180
Date to: Exactly AD 1247
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 0.77 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 29th April 1994 - Friday 29th April 1994
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Winchester Collections AY 568
Museum accession number: WINCM: AY 568.316
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry II - Henry III
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing holding sceptre in left hand
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Short voided cross with small cross pommee in each quarter
Reverse inscription: [...] (ON) [...]
Initial mark: unclear
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Bishops Sutton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6031
Four figure Latitude: 51.07519782
Four figure longitude: -1.14493897
1:25K map: SU6031
1:10K map: SU63SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
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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