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COIN
Unique ID: SF-E1A079
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn silver hammered penny struck for Henry II, probably dating c. 1161-1165. 'Tealby' type, bust C, mint and moneyer illegible. C.f North vol. I, no. 956.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1161
Date to: Circa AD 1165
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.32 g
Diameter: 18.51 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 23rd October 2017
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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 II of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: N 956-7 (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): class C)
Obverse description: Crowned, mantled and armoured bust facing, sceptre held in right hand
Obverse inscription: [hE]NRI R[EX A/AN/AG]
Reverse description: Cross potent with single smaller cross potent in each angle, all within an inner pelleted border
Reverse inscription: [...]T[...]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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