Record ID: SF-7A2FB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver Stephen penny identified by Martin Allen of the Fitzwilliam who says; This coin is an exceptionally interesting find, G Alliss and P.J. Seaby, 'King Stephen's mint of 'Eie', Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 791-2 (July/August 1984), pp. 182-4, discuss four Stephen type 1 pennies of 'EI' and a fragmentary type 6 penny of 'EIE', suggesting that they are coins of a mint in Eye, which was the caput of the honour of Eye, granted to Count William of Boulogne by his father King Stephen. The findspot of this new coin, supports this theory. It is the first type 1 penny of the mi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.