Rights Holder: Surrey County Council
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Unique ID: SUR-7A5F9A
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn and poorly struck silver medieval penny of Stephen (1135-1154), of Watford type (BMC I) or variant and dating to 1136-1145. Obverse: crowned bust right, holding sceptre; [STI]EFN[E....]. Reverse: cross moline with fleur in each angle; [...]N: SA(F)[...]. Moneyer unclear but possibly Shaftsbury mint.
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
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.15 g
Diameter: 20.2 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: Shaftesbury
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Stephen BMC i (N 873; Watford)
Obverse description: Crowned bust right, holding sceptre.
Obverse inscription: [STI]EFN[E....]
Reverse description: Cross moline with fleur in each angle.
Reverse inscription: [...]N: SA(F)[...]
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU3633
Four figure Latitude: 51.0951842
Four figure longitude: -1.48729589
1:25K map: SU3633
1:10K map: SU33SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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