The Portable Antiquities Scheme
MEDIEVAL COIN
1100
Silver penny of Henry I, 19mm in diamter. The coin is post 1112 as it has the deliberate 'snick' in its edge to show it is genuine. The obverse shows a forward facing portrait holdng a sceptre with a distinct triangular crown. The inscription reads, HENR sc(?) The reverse shows a lombardic cross surrounded by a quatrefoil, with further small quatrefoils filling each corner. The inscription reads LUNDO + E(?) L D(or V)INE:ON:
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