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Record ID: OXON-C4B31C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold quarter stater of the Southern region (attributed to the Atrebates) dating to the period c. 60-20 BC. The coin is a 'Selsey Dahlia' type (ABC 503; VA 220; BMC 478-84).
Created on: Thursday 23rd September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th October 2021
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Record ID: OXON-DBDF1C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman Republican denarius of the moneyer Cn Domitius Calvinus, dating to c. 39 BC (Reece period 1). Obverse: OSCA, head of Hercules right. Reverse: DOM COS ITER IMP. Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis and apex. Mint of Osca (modern Huesca, NE Spain). Crawford 532/1. There is a small hole / punch in the centre of the reverse which does not continue through to the obverse.
Created on: Monday 19th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: OXON-DB2C2B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Republican silver denarius serratus of the moneyer Q. Antonius Balbus, dating to the period c.83-82 BC (Reece Period 1). Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter facing right with S•C behind. Reverse: •Q•ANT(ligate)O•BALB(ligate?) / P R (in exergue), Victory in quadriga right, holding a branch and wreath, R control mark beneath. Mint of Rome. RRC 364/1d.
Created on: Monday 19th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: OXON-F1DC55
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem of late 17th century date. The stem has a faint maker's mark which has been identified as that of William Pearce of Marlborough, Wiltshire, who was operating c. AD 1690. The mark is partly contained in a cartouche with tapering point at the base with two pellets or stars either side of the point. The upper portion of the mark is unclear. The mark reads WIL[L] PEARC[E]. The clay pipe fragment was found in a garden on land previously used as an orchard. For an illustration of the mark, see p22 of this document from www.pipearchive.co.uk : http://…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2022
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Record ID: OXON-F637A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval silver halfpenny probably of Edward III (AD 1327-1377), dating from c. AD 1335-1369. Mint of York. No image available
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2020
Last updated: Friday 3rd January 2020
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Record ID: OXON-0ECC7D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Torbay
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Roman / Byzantine provincial coin, a follis (40 nummi) of Justin II (AD 565-578), dating to the period AD 574-578. The obverse depicts Justin and Sophia enthroned [...]NVS PP [...], the reverse depicts the letter M (for 40 nummi) with ANNO to the left and X [..] to the right (giving the regnal year), a cross above the M and an epsilon for the 5th officiana below. In the exergue; CON for the mint of Constantinople.
Created on: Friday 29th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th November 2019
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Record ID: OXON-98F032
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch dating to the Middle Iron Age, c. 300-150 BC. The brooch is an Adam's Class 2Bb2, a regional type nicknamed the 'Vale brooch' with a concentration in the Oxfordshire / Berkshire area. It is estimated that approximately one-third of the brooch survives. Three domes are joined horizontally by a short neck, with the central dome having a slightly larger diameter than the two side domes (11.9mm and 11.4mm respectively). On the underside of the brooch the outer two domes are hollow while the central dome has two integrally cast pin lugs on either edge…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
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Record ID: OXON-404A15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval silver cut halfpenny of Edward the Confessor (AD 1042-66), 'Sovereign/Eagles' type dating to the period c. AD 1056-1059. Uncertain moneyer (appears to end in an 'E'), struck at the Oxford mint. North N827.
Created on: Saturday 26th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Record ID: OXON-1C2E42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early-medieval Merovingian gold tremissis, late psuedo-Imperial or National Coinage, probably minted at Cirilia (Aveyron), Rodez (France), c. AD 560-585. The coin is comparable to others listed from Cirilia and Rodez (especially Prou 1910-11; Belfort 1509, 1570; Depeyrot Rodez 3-2A). Refs: Prou 1892: 395; Belfort 1892: 428, 445; Depeyrot: 119 (vol IV).
Created on: Thursday 24th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
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Record ID: OXON-731268
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy button of early modern date. The button bears the words 'RAILWAY POLICE' above and below the letter 'E & G'. This button is probably from the uniform of a member of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Police, which were operational in 1847 until they were absorbed by the North British Railway in 1865. Why this button should be so far from home is unknown. The reverse of the button bears the slogan 'EXTRA SUPERFINE : BEST QUALITY'. There is no indication of the name or address of the manufacturer, which is often seen on later 19th century buttons. The fasten…
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
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Record ID: OXON-72AB60
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn but complete medieval silver 'Tealby' or cross and crosslets penny of Henry II (AD 1154-1189), probably a Bust F type and therefore dating to the period AD 1170-1180. Probably mint of Canterbury. North N961.
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
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Record ID: OXON-725696
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Polden HIll style brooch, dating from c. AD 80-120. The brooch retains both wings which terminate in end caps, pierced to take the spring axis bar. The pin is broken and missing. The bow is angular in form with a rectangular recess at the top of the bow which whould have contained enamelling, but this is now missing. The foot of the brooch terminates in a rounded, expanded knop and the catch plate is intact.
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
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Record ID: OXON-71CB72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Saxon silver sceatta, Abramsson's Series E type (quilled bird (or porcupine) / standard), intermediate type, dating to the period c. AD 700-710.
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
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Record ID: OXON-70CCD7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy saucer brooch of early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date, dating from c. AD 450-550. The fragment (the larger of the two in the image, on the right hand side) has geometric patterns in a border around a central double-armed cross. There is traces of silvering. The reverse of the fragment retains part of the broken pin lug. Interestingly, this fragment re-fits with a fragment found at Detectival 2018 (which also matched to a third piece found in 2018) and donated to the Museum. The 2019 discovery is a different patina to the donated fragment but they re-fit …
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
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Record ID: OXON-DFE8AE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a Roman ceramic vessel, a Samian ware cup, dating to the period AD 145-175. The fabric is fine and hard with a glossy dark red slip on both external and internal surfaces. The base retains some of the pedestal ring. There is a maker's stamp on the base, identified by Paul Booth as die 3a of Albucius II of Lezoux, France, a major centre for Samian production in central Gaul. The form is likely to be a small cup - Dragendorff 33 (see British Museum Collection 1937,0316.2 for a complete example). Many thanks to Paul for his identification of this object.
Created on: Friday 27th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
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Record ID: OXON-23E4AA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete but worn cast copper-alloy and silver Hiberno-Scandinavian-style Early Medieval strap-end, dating to the latter ninth to eleventh centuries. The strap-end is roughly tongue-shaped with a split end for the insertion of the strap, a zoomorphic terminal consisting of an open-mouthed beast with large protruding eyes, and a flat circular region between these which has incised decoration on both sides, featuring a roundel and separate panels of interlace. The inscribed decoration is identical on each side of the plate. This consists of, in the roundel, an equal-armed cross of…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ascott-Under-Wychwood CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-234326
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
 A cast silver gilt looped portion of a post-medieval dress fastener. The item is sub-triangular in shape and is formed of the head and wings of a cherub. Below the head is a large open D-shaped loop, into which the hook part of the garment fastener would slide. Above the head are two smaller sub-circular attachment loops, through which thread would pass to sew the fastener into a garment. In between these two smaller loops is a small knop on the top of the head. Although in an un-cleaned condition, much of the detail of the cherub's face and the feathers of the wings are cl…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
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Record ID: OXON-22C70A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An ornate base silver mount dating to the 19th century or later. The mount is sub-rectangular in plan with very rounded narrow edges. At the base of the mount on one long edge is an expanded foot, bevelled in section having a flat back and sloping front. At the top of the mount, in the centre of the long edge, is a trefoil-shaped projection. Within the centre of the mount is elaborate moulded decoration consisting of a central trefoil flower bud above a long pelleted stem. The flower bud has scrolled and pelleted decoration within each petal. Protruding from t…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st November 2021
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Record ID: OXON-223824
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded copper alloy Roman radiate of an uncertain ruler, dating from c. AD 260-296. The coin is too worn for further identification.
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2019
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Record ID: OXON-21DE4C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2019 T846. Description: A complete and well preserved post-medieval gold 'posy' ring, dating to the period AD 1600 - 1750. The finger ring has a D-shaped band, plain externally. Inside the band is an inscription in a Roman script reading 'God hath me lent my content' followed by a maker's mark of the letters I P within a rectangular cartouche. Dimensions: Internal diameter - 19.25mm. Thickness of band - 1.4mm. Weight - 3.7 grams. Discussion: The practice of exchanging posy rings, made of gold more often than silver, engraved with mottoes were popular for betrot…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cornbury and Wychwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-D23516
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint thumbnail scraper of late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date, c. 2400 BC - 2200 BC. The scraper has been made on a tertiary flake of a mottled dark brown flint, lighter at the edges where the flint is thinner. The scraper retains the platform and bulb of percussion. There is invasive retouching around both lateral edges and the distal surface, all of which is restricted to the dorsal side.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AEE243
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Crispus (AD 317-26), dating to the period AD 323-4 (Reece Period 16). CAESARVM NOSTRONVM reverse type depicting a wreath with VOT X within. Mint of Lyon. RIC VII, p. 135, cf. no. 220. The exergue is unclear, but there do not appear to be dots either side of PLGC.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Record ID: OXON-AEBA11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded copper alloy Roman sestertius of an uncertain ruler, dating to the period c. AD 43-260. Mint of Rome. The reverse depicts a figure standing left.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AEA416
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy sestertius of Diva Faustina I (wife of Marcus Aurelius), dating to the period c. AD 141-161 (Reece period 7). [AVGVSTA, S C] reverse type depicting Pietas standing left sacrificing over an altar and holding box of incense. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 163, no. 1127; BMC IV, p. 244, no. 1523.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AE64BA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A debased silver Iron Age unit of the Western Region Dobunni, dating to the period AD 20-43 and issued by the ruler Antedios. Cottam et al.'s 'Anted silver unit' (ABC 2072) with reverse featuring the ruler's name. Obverse: highly stylised profile face the hair represented by two rows of close-set pellets. Reverse: Triple tailed horse, advancing left, mane made up of close set pellets, pellets in front and behind horse, below the horse [AN[, above the horse TED. ABC 2072; BC 3032-3028; VA 1082.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-ADF049
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn lead alloy unifaced token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The obverse design consists of the letters N N in a serifed font, unusually stamped into the face rather than being cast. The reverse is plain. Suggested date AD 1600-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-ADE40F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and bent lead alloy unifaced token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The obverse design consists of a large cast W (or M). The reverse is plain. Suggested date AD 1500-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-ADD328
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and worn lead alloy unifaced token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The obverse design consists of the cast initials of the issuer ; I.B (probably for J B). The reverse is plain. Suggested date AD 1500-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-ADC7E8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and worn lead alloy unifaced token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The obverse design consists of a grid pattern (Powell type 7). Suggested date AD 1500-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AD4755
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The token is circular and flat. The obverse design consists of a six-petaled flower while the reverse depicts a five branched tree or feather (probably Powell type 17). Suggested date AD 1500-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AD3BD6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The token is bifacial having on one side, a motif of multiple chevrons with points towards the centre (Powell Type 12), while the other side has faint traces of a design, possibly the issuer's initials, but it is too worn to read. c. AD 1600-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AD21CA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy token or tally dating to the post-medieval period. The token is bifacial having on one side, a six-petaled flower with central pellet while the other side has the initials 'T.R'. Probably 18th century in date.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AB141E
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete three-piece discoidal silver button of post-medieval date, in very good condition. The button is biconvex and is hollow with two blow-holes on the lower hemisphere and separate soldered loop. The upper half of the button is decorated with an incised design of a four petalled flower around a central stamen. This is surrounded by a circular border along the button’s hemisphere which has hashed triangles in the gaps between each petal. The underside is plain with no evidence of a maker's mark. Dimensions: The button has a maximum diameter of 14.8mm…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton Veny', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-445FAE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn post-medieval silver groat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), dating to the period AD 1560-1561. First issue. Cross crosslet initial mark, mint of London. North N1986.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-442557
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn silver medieval halfpenny of Edward II (AD 1307-1327) dating to the period AD 1310 - 1314. Mint of London. Withers Type 12, North 1069/3.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-43AEF4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy Roman sestertius of Julia Domna, dating to the period AD 196-211 (Reece Period 10), HILARITAS S C. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 1, p. 208, no. 855.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-438EAC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped silver medieval halfpenny of Edward IV, first reign (1461-1470), light coinage (1464-1470). Obverse has Long cross fitchee initial mark dates the coin to c. AD 1469-1470. Trefoils by neck. London mint. As North (1991) number 1608.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-41C51C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and clipped medieval cut silver halfpenny of Henry III (AD 1216-1272), dating to the period AD 1251-1256. Class Vb or Vc. Struck by the moneyer Renaud at either London or Bury St Edmunds. North 992 or 993.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-417664
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn complete silver penny of Edward I (AD 1272 to 1307), dating to the period AD 1305-1310. Probably a class 10cf. Minted in Canterbury. cf. North no. 1041. The reverse die appears worn as one pellet looks like and annulet.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-415643
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver penny of Edward I (AD 1272 to 1307), dating to the period AD 1301-1310. Probably a class 10cf2. Minted in Canterbury. North no. 1041.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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