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COIN

Unique ID: DUR-986B9D

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Medieval silver cut half penny of Henry II (AD 1154-1189). Cross and Crosslets (Tealby) type (AD 1158-1180). Mint and moneyer unknown. North numbers 952-961 (1994: 216-217).

Obverse: crowned bust with sceptre on the right.

Reverse: cross and crosslets in each angle with a small cross in the center.

The coin weighs 0.6g and is 19.61mm in diameter.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1158
Date to: Circa AD 1180

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 19.61 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Mint or issue place: Unknown
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: N 952-61 (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): uncertain class)
Obverse description: crowned bust with sceptre on the right.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: cross and crosslets in each angle with a small cross in the center.
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: North East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Denton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: NZ2118
Four figure Latitude: 54.5568089
Four figure longitude: -1.67680542
1:25K map: NZ2118
1:10K map: NZ21NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
North, J.J.	1994	English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272	London	Spink and Son Ltd	216-217

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Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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