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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-25F572
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete silver penny of Henry I (AD 1100-1135). Quadrilateral on cross fleury type. Uncertain mint and moneyer. (AD 1125-1135).
The outer flan of the coin has been clipped
North Vol I, No 875
BMC 15
Diameter: 19.41mm, Thickness: 0.76mm, Weight: 1.2g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1125
Date to: Circa AD 1135
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.76 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 19.41 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
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC xv (N 871)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: [HE]N[RICV]S
Reverse description: Quadrilateral at angle over cross fleury
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Kettering (District)
To be known as: Near Kettering
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1963 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 875 |
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