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Maker(s):

Henry I (1100-35); ruler
England; state
Leicester; mint
Ketill; moneyer

Name(s):

penny; denomination
Henry I BMC xi (N 867); type

Date:

circa 1115 — 1117

Production
Place (legacy):

Leicester, mint, city

Material:

silver

Dimension(s):

die axis, 220, degrees
weight, 1.27, g

Acquisition:

bought; 2001-04-30; Conte, William J., Dr

Inscription(s):

design; obverse; Bust left crowned and diademed, holding a sceptre; in field, two quatrefoils of annulets
design; reverse; Double inscription between three beaded circles, the outer inscription divided by four quatrefoils in circles; in centre, a cross pattée. On all except one coin of London, the mint name is in the inner circle

Accession:

Object Number: CM.1015-2001
(Coins and Medals)
(record id: 77930; input: 2002-06-13; modified: 2011-07-14)

Permanent
Identifier:

http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77930