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Description: | Wellow, Somerset, coin find 2007 T530
I have examined 16 coins reported found Wellow, Somerset. Fifteen of the coins belong to the English Short Cross coinage, the coinage in production in the period 1180-1247. The remaining coin is from the contemporary Scottish coinage, which mixed freely with the English coinage at this time and was produced to the same standards. Their details are listed below. At this point the silver penny was the only coin made in England and Scotland: lesser denominations ?? halfpennies and farthings ?? were produced by cutting the penny physically into halves and quarters. This find consists of 11 full pennies and 5 cut halfpennies. As official coins of the kings of England and Scotland, these coins would be of the sterling standard, i.e. about 92.5% fine metal.
The Short Cross coins were all struck carrying the name of King Henry (HENRICVS REX), i.e. Henry II, who introduced the type, although they continued to be produced through the reign of his sons Richard I and John and of his grandson Henry III until 1247, when they were replaced in a general recoinage. The Short Cross coinage has been subdivided into classes by modern scholars and it is usually possible to be more precise about any coin??s issue period. A partial recoinage occurred in 1205, to remove clipped and counterfeit material, reducing the amount of the early classes of the Short Cross series in the currency.
The Wellow coins are mostly from the later classes of the Short Cross period, V ??VII, but do not include any issues later than the mid 1230s, suggesting that they represent a single, small group of material taken from currency at about that time, c. 1236 (the onset of class VIIc, the first issue not represented in the group). They include pennies and halfpennies, but not farthings, indicating a degree of selection. Their face value was 12?? pence, equating roughly to ??10 or ??20 in modern terms. It is my opinion, therefore, that these coins constitute Treasure according to the terms of the Act.
Catalogue
English Short Cross coins [Cut halfpennies are indicated as ??; d/s indicated that the coin is double-struck.]
Class moneyer, mint reverse legend wt
1. Ic (c.1185-9) Raul, London +RAVL.ON.LVNDE 1.32g
2. IIIab2 (c.1190-4) Roberd, Canterbury +ROBERD.ON.CAN 1.16g
3. IIIab2 Ricard, London +RICARD.ON.LVN 1.39g
4. ?? Vb1 (1205) Miles?, Oxford +[ ]N.OCSEN 0.65g
5. Vb2 (1205-7) Hu(m)frei, Rochester+hVFREI.ON.ROVE 1.48g
6. Vc (1207-c.1210) Simon, Canterbury +SIMON.ON.CAN 1.33g
7. ?? V(c?) Abel, London +ABEL.ON[ ] 0.61g
8. Vc Willelm B, London +WILLELM.B.ON.LV[ ] 1.35g
9. ?? VIIa2 (1218-20) Henri, Canterbury [ ]NRIONCA[ ] 0.56g
10. VIIb2 (c.1229-32) Roger, Canterbury +ROGERONCANT 1.08g
11. VIIb2 Roger of R, Canterbury +ROGER.OFR.ONCA 1.37g
12. VIIb3 (c.1232-4) Henri, Canterbury +hENRIONC[ ] (d/s) 1.31g
13. VIIb3 Ioan Chic, Canterbury +IOANChICONC 1.05g
14. VIIb3 Tomas, Canterbury +TOMASONCANTE 1.49g
15. ?? VIIb4 (c.1234-6) Willem, Canterbury [ ]ONCEMON[ ] (d/s) 0.51g
Scotland, William I and posthumous issue
16. ?? Short Cross Phase B (c.1205-c.1230) details illegible 0.86g
Dr B.J. Cook
Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage
Department of Coins and Medals
British Museum
16 October 2007 | Subjects: | Coin | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Payne, Naomi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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