COIN

Unique ID: SF-E287C0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete silver penny of Ceolwulf I, 821-823 AD. East Anglian mint (North, 68, no 391). portrait issue,

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 821
Date to: Circa AD 823

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 1.32 g
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2006

Personal details

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Recorded by: Miss Faye Minter - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Faye Minter - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: EMC 2006.0359

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Ceolwulf I of Mercia [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Eastern mint [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries [ scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crude bust right
Obverse inscription: CEOWULF REX M
Reverse description: Cross crosslet with eight pellets around.
Reverse inscription: EACGA MONETA

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Spatial metadata

Region: East
County: Norfolk
District: Breckland
To be known as: Foulden

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]

References cited

North, J J, 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 : Spink, pp68, NO 391

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