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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-1B6E14
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver penny from the Sievert-Siefred-Cnut Group, Cunnetti, York mint, circa 895-902. North, Vol: I, p110, 501.
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 895
Date to: Circa AD 902
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.13 g
Diameter: 19.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Cnut of Northumbria
Mint or issue place: York
Category: Coin of the Viking invaders 9th-10th centuries
Type: N 501 (Cunnetti)
Obverse description: Small cross pattee, with pellets in diagonals
Obverse inscription: +CVN:NETI:
Reverse description: Patriarchal cross
Reverse inscription: CNUT RE
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
To be known as: Wharram
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 0.01 metre square.
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 | p110 | 499 |
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