die;
coin
- Museum number
- 1989,1033.1
- Title
- Object: Upper die for penny of WIlliam I, Profile/ Cross and Trefoil type (BMC VII; North 847) Wareham mint, moneyer Aeglric
- Description
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A Cross pattée with annulet in centre; in each angle, a voided trefoil.
- Production date
- 1066-1087
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 19 millimetres (face)
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Height: 44 millimetres
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Weight: 356 grammes
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Two coins from different obverse dies are known to have been struck from this die: a) Royal Swedish Coin Cabinet, Stockholm 17767/101 (SCBI 11 Stockholm 68; b) Lockett (English IV) sale, Glendining 26 April 1960, lot 3866.
A reverse die of Cnut's Short Cross type of the Norwich mint, moneyer Thurulfr (M. D. O'Hara collection), from the same site was also found at Crayford, Kent, on a different occasion in 1989. The four dies were probably dumped in the early medieval period on the Thames waterfront, brought in spoil from the London die-making workshop almost certainly located in the vicinity.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Medium corrosion over whole of face and shank.
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 1989,1033.1
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: HSBC.9014 (Money Gallery Exhibited)
- C&M catalogue number
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H (Harry) (1)
