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Description: | An Early Medieval penny of William I (the Conqueror, 1066-87), PAXS type (1083-6). Measures 19.69mm in diameter, weighs 1.19g and has a die axis of 3. The coin is complete but with a fracture from one side almost to the other.Obverse: Bust facing crowned and diademed; to right, a sceptre+PILLELM REXReverse: Cross pattee; in each angle an annulet containing one letter of the word PAXS+BRVMIIN ON CIC (the II might be an A but it is where the coin has cracked)Mint: Chichester, Moneyer: BrunmanReference: North 848, crown 1John Naylor, National Finds Adviser, comments: 'This seems to be the first coin minted at Chichester for William I that the PAS has recorded, although EMC/SCBI have 18 coins of this type listed but none of these are provenanced'.
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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