BH-9C4D57: Early-Medieval coin: penny of Aethelred II

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COIN

Unique ID: BH-9C4D57

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A late Saxon silver penny of Aethelred II; Last Small Cross issue, North no. 777 (1980: 121), minted 1009-1017. Moneyer: Mana at Thetford. The coin is bent and slightly worn. It measures 19.8mm in diameter, 0.6mm thick and weighs 1.71g. This coin is of slightly unusual form, having a blundered legend and unusual surface appearance. Initially thought to be a modern reproduction, it is now considered to be genuine, a possible example from the same die (1944,4-1,23) having been identified within the British Museum's collection.

Class: Penny

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With finder.

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1009
Date to: AD 1017

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.71 g
Diameter: 19.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th September 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Ver 09/123 - 6

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Mint or issue place: Thetford
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066

Type: N 777 (Last Small Cross) (Hild. A)
Obverse description: Diademed bust left.
Obverse inscription: +ÆÐÆLREDREXANGLOX
Reverse description: Small cross.
Reverse inscription: (MA)N(A) ON DEOTFOR:
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Great Gransden

Spatial coordinates

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

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: With finder.
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
North, J.J.	1994	English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272	London	Spink and Son Ltd	126

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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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