Record ID: IOW-001BE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Medieval silver short cross penny of Richard I (1189-1199) or John (1199-1216), minted by Goldwine at Canterbury. Class 3-5c (not 5a), 1190-1210 (North 1994: 220-221, refs: 967-971). Treasure case 2014 T779. The centre of the coin has been removed and modified as a brooch. Obverse: [ ]NRICVS R[ ]; [Crowned bust facing] Reverse: + (cross pattée) GOLDW[ ]N·C; [Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant] 19.8mm (diameter). Weight: 0.68g. DA=12:7. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. …
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 10th April 2015
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