HAMP-E2A92C: Medieval coin : penny of Richard I or John

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COIN

Unique ID: HAMP-E2A92C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A bent and worn medieval short-cross penny of Richard I or John, Rhuddlan mint Group I Class ii, moneyer Simon(d), dating to c.1190-c.1205.
Reference: North 972/2

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1190
Date to: Circa AD 1205

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.39 g
Diameter: 20 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 798

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Ruler/issuer: Richard I of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross Rhuddlan mint (N 972-973)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing holding sceptre.
Obverse inscription: hEN[RI]C[VS R]EX (retrograde N)
Reverse description: Voided short cross, small cross pommée in each angle.
Reverse inscription: +S[...]RVLA (cross pattée)
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Overton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5050
Four figure Latitude: 51.24698882
Four figure longitude: -1.28503061
1:25K map: SU5050
1:10K map: SU55SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
North, J.J.	1980	English Hammered Coinage: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c. 600-1272	London	Spink & Son London		972/2

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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