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Description: | Treasure case : 2005 T534
The hoard contains five complete pennies, two cut halfpennies, and one fragment of just over half a penny, which has been snapped along the line of a bend across the middle of the coin. Three of the intact pennies and both of the cut halves have also been bent, and bending of this type is typical of hoards of this period. All of the coins are of the first type of Stephen (1135-53), the so-called ??Watford?? type, which is normally dated c. 1136 - c. 1145. The coins are quite heavily worn, which is typical for the type, and this, together with the bending, makes precise readings difficult in some cases.
1. ____RD:ON:__N__, 1.37g. Uncertain moneyer and mint.
2. TVRSTAN.ON:EV__, 1.3.5g. Thurstan of York. Completely bent over.
3. +_____D:ON:SV., 1.40g. Uncertain moneyer, mint Southwark or Sudbury. Partially bent.
4. Completely illegible, very worn and corroded. 1.18g. Completely bent over.
5. +_____E:_N:COL., 1.07g. Probably Alfwine or Safare of Colchester. Chipped.
6. Completely illegible, very worn, 0.73g. Cut half, bent through 90˚.
7. ___CVS.O____, 0.68. Uncertain moneyer (possibly Henricus, but unrecorded) and mint. Cut half, partially bent.
8. __B_R______, 0.67g. Badly corroded. Uncertain moneyer and mint. Bent and broken.
Coins of this period are always of good silver, well in excess of the 10% threshold specified by the terms of the Treasure Act (1996). The coins are over three hundred years old, and their original ownership can not now be traced. The hoard thus meets all of the main criteria of the Treasure Act. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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