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Unique ID: WILT-395819
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver medieval coin; a cut half penny of Henry I (1100 - 1135), type III, PAX type dating from c AD 1103. See North number 859. The mint and moneyer are illegible and so uncertain.
This item was found as two fragments. When laid together, the fragments create an object which is c17mm in length and 8.43mm in width and weighs 0.59g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1103
Date to: Circa AD 1103
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 8.43 mm
Weight: 0.59 g
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Other reference: SSWM 5128; 125
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC iii (N 859)
Obverse description: Forward facing crowned and diademed bust
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: PAX across the field between two beaded double lines, two annulets below (and above).
Reverse inscription: Illegible
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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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