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Record ID: SUSS-3269A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval continental imitation of an English silver penny. The coin was struck under John of Avesnes, Court of Hainault, at Valenciennes, c. 1290-1291. Obverse description: Facing bust wearing a chaplet of flowers with wedged drapery Obverse inscription: COMES hAnOnIE Reverse description: Long cross with three pellets in each quadrant Reverse inscription: VAL/EnC/hEn/EnS
Created on: Monday 21st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-797891
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Medieval Continental imitation of Medieval English silver penny, struck under John of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut, at Valenciennes, c. 1290-1291. Cf. Mayhew, p. 38, no. 24. Obverse: + (double saltire) I Cross pattée (double saltire) COMES (double saltire) hAnOnIE; Facing bust illegible [wearing a chaplet of flowers ('crockard') with wedged drapery] Reverse: VAL/ENC/HEN/ENS; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Mayhew, N., 1983. Sterling Imitations of Edwardian Type : Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication 14, p. 38, no. 24.
Created on: Tuesday 29th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 18th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.