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Unique ID: LEIC-F25B58
Object type certainty: Certain
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Fragment of a medieval silver penny fragment of Henry I (1100-35), 'Pointed bust and stars' type (BMC VI, North 862), c.AD1107, London mint; moneyer unknown. Ref: North 1994.
Notes:
Only second coin of this issue and third of this monarch recorded on database.
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1107
Date to: Circa AD 1107
Quantity: 1
Length: 10 mm
Width: 9 mm
Weight: 0.26 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th October 2017
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Other reference: 1x3x119
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC vi (N 862)
Obverse description: Part of sceptre and star?
Obverse inscription: HEN
Reverse description: Solid line terminating in small quatrefoil of annulets, flanked by a star in each angle.
Reverse inscription: LVN
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Centred on field
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 |
Find number: SF-01083A
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
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