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Description: | Treasure case 2012 T200: Acquired by the Museum of SomersetDescription: Four silver pennies found squashed and possibly partially melted together. About a third of each penny is missing from an irregular break down one side of the group. One, the top penny, is more broken with c.50% missing from breaks. The coins are firmly attached together and no attempt was made to separate them for identification. The pennies are arranged with the obverse inwards so the reverse of the top and bottom can be seen. They both appear to be of William I, Two Sceptres type, BMC class IV, North 844 dating to 1072-c. 1074 AD. Part of the second penny can be seen where the top penny is broken away and this may also be of that type although this is not certain. Only the top penny has been described as the bottom penny is too worn for the lettering to be determined.The group is 19.8mm by 16.2mm and 2.8mm thick; it weighs 3.92 grams.1. Medieval silver penny of William I (1066-1087), Two sceptres type, BMC class IV, probably minted by Ælnoth at Shaftesbury, 1072-c. 1074 AD, North 844.OBV: Not visibleREV: Cross fluery with annulet in centre over saltire botonneInscr: + ÆLNOĐ ON [SCAE]FDie axis: UncertainDiameter: 19.2mm, Thickness: 0.6mm, Weight: UncertainDiscussion: The coins are clearly a group of four associated coins. Coins of this period are known from analysis to be very good silver. It is not clear if they have become attached together through corrosion as they lay together in the soil or possibly by slight burning which has affected the bottom coin. Some of the breaks around the edge are patinated while others appear more recent possibly from being disturbed by the plough.Ælnoth at Shaftesbury is not recorded as minting this class in North or on EMC although he does mint the subsequent class.Consequently, in terms of age, association and as the coins contains a minimum of 10% precious metal they qualify as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.Laura Burnett Somerset FLOSteve Minnitt, Head of Museums, SomersetApril 2012
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