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Description: | Medieval silver PAXS type penny of William I (1086-1087) modified into a brooch by the addition of a pin and a catchplate; both of which are now missing. Obverse: PILLELM REX Bust facing crowned and diademed; to right, a sceptre. Reverse: Cross pattee; in each angle, an annulet containing one letter of the word PAXS. The coin has the reverse gilded and there are four circular holes which would have held the hinged pin and catchplate. The reverse of the coin was the front of the brooch,
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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