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Unique ID: YORYM-9330CB
Object type certainty: Certain
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A ,mediveal silver cut halfpenny of Henry II (1154-89), 'cross and crosslets' (Tealby) type, probably Class D3 (c.1165-8; North 959), moneyer uncertain, mint: Canterbury.Ref: North 1994: 216-7.
The coin is poorly struck off-centre onto an irregular flan.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1165
Date to: Circa AD 1168
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Weight: 2.04 g
Diameter: 18.03 mm
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Other reference: YMT : E05582
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: N 959 (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): D3)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: [...].A:
Reverse description: Cross and crosslets
Reverse inscription: [...] ON : CAN
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE7950
Four figure Latitude: 53.94009431
Four figure longitude: -0.79802777
1:25K map: SE7950
1:10K map: SE75SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |