IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 256083 accession number: CM.1970-2003 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Monday 2 November 2020 updated: Thursday 7 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: England, Henry II (1154-89), lead trial-piece struck from dies of Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby) class F3 (c. 1174-1180), Thetford mint, moneyer Turstain, 12.65g. Found at Joe Blunt’s Lane, Thetford, Norfolk, September/October 2002. An important find, apparently resulting from the use of a piece of lead to test the dies received by one of Thetford’s moneyers in last years of the existence of the Thetford mint. One other trial-piece of this coinage is known, found recently in excavations at Canterbury. title: England, Henry II (1154-89), lead trial-piece struck from dies of Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby) class F3 (c. 1174-1180), Thetford mint, moneyer Turstain, 12.65g. Found at Joe Blunt’s Lane, Thetford, Norfolk, September/October 2002. An important find, apparently resulting from the use of a piece of lead to test the dies received by one of Thetford’s moneyers in last years of the existence of the Thetford mint. One other trial-piece of this coinage is known, found recently in excavations at Canterbury. NOTES ----- type: history note value: Under Review LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/256083