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Unique ID: PUBLIC-4093A3
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of a medieval silver penny of Henry I (1100-35), full face/cross fleury type (North 866; BMC type X), mint and moneyer uncertain but possibly Thorr of Northampton. Ref: North 1994: 197.
The coin is broken with roughly half of the inscription missing. The break runs across the outer circle and approximately around the line of the inner beaded circle which encloses the bust.
Obverse: Bust facing crowned and diademed,
Reverse: cross fleury with annulet centre, mint and moneyer unknown.
Diameter: 18.4mm Weight: 0.82gms
Notes:
The attribution of the coin to moneyer Thorr of Northampton is uncertain. However, a coin of this moneyer/mint combination on the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds (EMC1200.0034) has the unusual inscription +hENRICVS REX ANGL starting at about 8 o'clock as is seen on this coin. The reverse of the coin recorded here may spell DOR.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1117
Date to: Circa AD 1117
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.82 g
Diameter: 18.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th September 2019
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry I of England
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Type: Henry I BMC x (N 866)
Obverse description: Bust facing crowned and diademed
Obverse inscription: +hE[ ]NGL
Reverse description: cross fleury with annulet centre
Reverse inscription: possibly (D)OR MVN (OR ligated; uncertain)
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1963 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 197 | 866 |