Penny - Civil War Eastern Variants; Suffolk mints
Features
| Issuer |
England
(United Kingdom)  |
|---|---|
| King |
Stephen (1135-1154)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1138-1153 |
| Value | 1 Penny |
| Currency | Penny (924-1158) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 0.99 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 317506 |
| References | Sp# 1288 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). Jeffrey James North. English Hammered Coinage. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes).Richard Paston Mack; 1975. The Coinage of Ancient Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Legend around crowned bust right, holding sceptre.
Lettering: + STIEFN[E]
Unabridged legend: Stephanus
Translation: Stephen
Reverse
Cross moline, with inward-facing fleur in each quarter and vertical line of three roundels set on cross.
Lettering: + RODGIER : ON : GIP
Unabridged legend: Rodgier on Gippeswic
Translation: Rodger of Ipswich
Mint
Ipswich, England (1066-1272)Comments
Kings of all England (924-1158), Stephen (1135-54), Local and irregular issues of the Civil War, Cross Moline type penny with roundels.
Gipeswic (Ipswich) mint; Rodger, moneyer.
Stephen of Blois seized the English throne on the death of his uncle, Henry I, despite his oath to support Matilda, with whom he contended for power during his reign.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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