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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-C14113
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval silver penny of King Stephen (c. AD 1136-1145). Cross moline with fleurs in angles reverse. Watford type. Moneyer and mint uncertain.
North Vol 1, p.203 no. 873.
During this turbulent period in English history many irregular coins were struck and coins were also issued from dies that had been deliberately defaced, possibly as a rejection of Stephen's authority
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1136
Date to: Circa AD 1145
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 16 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E06096
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Stephen of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Stephen BMC i (N 873; Watford)
Obverse description: Bust facing right crowned and diademed holding sceptre.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Cross moline with fleurs in angles reverse.
Reverse inscription: Illegible.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Skirpenbeck (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9853
Four figure Latitude: 53.96380474
Four figure longitude: -0.50772379
1:25K map: SE9853
1:10K map: SE95SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1963 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 203 |
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