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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-8B01EE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A silver cut half penny of Eustace Fitzjohn struck in the regin of Stephen between AD 1145-1154. Minted in York, Mack Type 221, North no. 929.
Obverse: [EVSTACIVS]; armed figure to right. Reverse: EBORACI[]; cross in quatrefoil.
Martin Allen of the FitzWilliam Museum notes that only two other coins of this type have been recorded since the 1990s, both cut halves.
Dimensions: 19mm in diameter, 0.75g.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: National importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1145
Date to: Circa AD 1154
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.75 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th September 2015 - Sunday 6th September 2015
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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: Stephen of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Stephen Baronial: Eustace Fitzjohn (N 929)
Obverse description: Armed figure to right.
Obverse inscription: [EVSTACIVS]
Reverse description: Cross in quatrefoil.
Reverse inscription: EBORACI[]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Skirpenbeck
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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