Record ID: LVPL-A60778
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny coin of Eustace Fitz John, minted probably in York between AD 1135-1154. Eustace was a powerful ally of King Henry I, and fought with King David of Scotland during the Anarchy against Stephen. This coin is struck slightly off-flan. Obverse:- Eustace standing with sword right, Legend 'EVSTA[...]' Reverse:- A cross within a quatrefoil, enclosed by a ring. Lettering interspersed with various symbols, including a heart, a five point star within a circle and a Cross patee.
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buttercrambe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-8B01EE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cut half penny of Eustace Fitzjohn struck in the regin of Stephen between AD 1145-1154. Minted in York, Mack Type 221, North no. 929. Obverse: [EVSTACIVS]; armed figure to right. Reverse: EBORACI[]; cross in quatrefoil. Martin Allen of the FitzWilliam Museum notes that only two other coins of this type have been recorded since the 1990s, both cut halves. Dimensions: 19mm in diameter, 0.75g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2016
Last updated: Friday 7th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skirpenbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A60002
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver coin; a cut farthing attributed to the baronial coinage of Eustace Fitzjohn, which was produced during the reign of Stephen (AD 1235 - 1254). See North number 929a. The obverse shows the head of an armed figure facing to the right and the fragment of the legend reads S+ [S is retrograde]. The reverse shows a cross in quatrefoil and the fragment of the legend reads RAC, indicating the York mint. The object is in two parts and is glued together.
Created on: Monday 19th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.