Image: Early Medieval coin , Penny of William I (FindID 539978)
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 REX Reverse: 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: Brunman Reference: North 848, crown 1 John 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'.
Title: Early Medieval coin : Penny of William I
Credit: https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/412733 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/412733/recordtype/artefacts archive copy Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/539978
Author: Winchester Museums Service, Katie Hinds, 2013-01-21 12:15:28
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