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Unique ID: YORYM-4BA333
Object type certainty: Certain
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A heavily clipped silver penny of AEthelred II, small cross pattee reverse, probable York mint, AD 978-979.
North, Vol I, p.110, no.764.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 978
Date to: Circa AD 979
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 0.3 g
Diameter: 9.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 764 (First Small Cross) (Hild. A)
Obverse description: Diademed bust left
Obverse inscription: Clipped so no legend remains
Reverse description: Small cross pattee
Reverse inscription: Clipped so no legend remains
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | p.110 | no.764 |