Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-C5D760
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LW20. Early Medieval Coin: penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) minted between 1059 and 1062 by Wulbeorn in Lincoln. BMC Nos. 724-732. North No. 828.The reverse and obverse do not quite match a published example.
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1059
Date to: AD 1062
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.2 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st July 2009 - Sunday 1st February 2009
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Confessor
Mint or issue place: Lincoln
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 828 (Hammer Cross) (Hild. G)
Obverse description: Bust right, bearded, wearing a crown of two arches surmounted by three balls. In front a sceptre.
Obverse inscription: EADPAR - D RE
Reverse description: Short voided cross with each limb terminating in an incurved segment of a circle. In the centre there is a pellet.
Reverse inscription: PVLBORN ON LINC
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Keary, C.F. and Grueber, H.A. | Catalogue of the English Coins in the British Museum. Anglo-Saxon Coins | British Museum | Nos. 724-732 | ||||
North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | No. 828 |