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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-EE8A38
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1044
Date to: AD 1046
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.57 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th January 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2010-2-57
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Confessor
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 816 (Radiate - Small Cross) (Hild. A)
Obverse description: Bust left wearing radiate crown
Obverse inscription: +EDPERD [REX]
Reverse description: Small cross pattée
Reverse inscription: RICONLVN
Initial mark: Cross pattée
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1980 | English Hammered Coinage: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c. 600-1272 | London | Spink & Son London | 140 | 816 |
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