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ESS-0E2F87: Continental imitation of a medieval silver penny

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COIN

Unique ID: ESS-0E2F87

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Silver penny of Gaucher of Chatillon, 1313-1322. Wren page 165.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1313
Date to: AD 1322

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.04 g
Diameter: 18.12 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: ID 3649

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: GALCHS COMES PORC[I]
Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: MON/ETA OVA/YVE

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
To be known as: Sible Hedingham

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Wren, C.R. 1995 The English Long-Cross Pennies: 1279-1489. Edward I to Henry VII Herne Bay Plantagenet Books 165

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Audit data

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

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