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Unique ID: KENT-CD599C
Object type certainty: Certain
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A very worn silver penny of King Stephen (AD 1135 - 1154). Cross moline with fleurs in angles reverse. Watford type (c. AD 1136 - 1145) probably minted at Norwich by uncertain moneyer.North (1994, 203) no.874. BMC i.
Measurements: 21.4mm in diameter, 1.35g in weight.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1136
Date to: Circa AD 1145
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.35 g
Diameter: 21.4 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Stephen of England
Mint or issue place: Norwich
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Stephen BMC i var. no inner circle (N 874)
Obverse description: Crowned and diademed bust right, holding sceptre in right hand.
Obverse inscription: +STIEFNE R[EX]
Reverse description: Cross Moline with a fleur in each angle
Reverse inscription: +[____:O]N:NOR[PI]
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TQ8249
Four figure Latitude: 51.21120094
Four figure longitude: 0.6042968
1:25K map: TQ8249
1:10K map: TQ84NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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