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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-87A35D
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval, silver, William I 'PAXS' type, Crown 1, AD 1083-1086. Mint and Moneyer uncertain, North 1994, p.192 (No. 848).
Obverse: Bust facing crowned and diademed; WILLEL[M REX]
Reverse: Cross pattee, in each angle an annulet containing one letter of the letter X from the word PAXS.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1083
Date to: Circa AD 1086
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.01 mm
Width: 13.73 mm
Weight: 0.52 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: William the Conqueror
Category: Coin of Norman and Early Plantagenet England 1066-1180
Obverse description: Bust facing crowned and diademed
Obverse inscription: WILLEL[M REX]
Reverse description: Cross pattee, annulet in each quarter containing one letter each of word PAXS
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Glynde
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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