Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-7A199B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Penny of Henry I (1100-1135), probably Lincoln mint; BMC type 2 profile bust, chipped. Possibly an issue of 1102.
Obverse description: Bust crowned and mantled left, to bottom edge of flan.
Obverse inscription: [H]ENRI RE[?]
Reverse description: Pelleted cross fleury with three comma-shaped lobes at the end of each arm.
Reverse inscription: [-]INA[--]LINE
Diameter: 17.3mm, Weight: 1.20gms, die axis: possibly 6
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1102
Date to: Exactly AD 1102
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 17.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Other reference: NLM36530
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Mint or issue place: Lincoln
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC ii (N 858)
Obverse description: Bust crowned and mantled left, to bottom edge of flan
Obverse inscription: H]ENRI RE[?]
Reverse description: Pelleted cross fleury with three comma-shaped lobes at the end of each arm.
Reverse inscription: [-]INA[--]LINE
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.