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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-F2E513
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver coin. A Tealby penny of Henry II (1154-1189), as kindly identified by the finder. Issue of 1158-1180.
Obverse description: Facing bust with sceptre left, lis at ends and centre of crown.
Reverse description: Short cross with cross crosslet in each angle.
Diameter: 19.8mm, Weight: 1.35gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1158
Date to: Exactly AD 1180
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.35 g
Diameter: 19.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34363
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: N 952-61 (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): uncertain class)
Obverse description: Facing bust with sceptre left, lis at ends and centre of crown
Reverse description: Short cross with cross crosslet in each angle.
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Claxby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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