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COIN
Unique ID: SF-471D88
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Edward the Confessor, expanding cross type, c.1050-1053 AD. As North, 1980: nos. 820-823. Dr. M. Allen at the Fitzwilliam notes that this is a Scandinavian imitation of a type that has not been seen before.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1050
Date to: Circa AD 1053
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.95 g
Diameter: 17.33 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC 2010.0160
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Confessor
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: Edward the Confessor, Expanding Cross (no further details)
Obverse description: Diademed bust left, similar to North bust d but with head positioned to the left of the left shoulder. Drapery with pelleted decoration and holding sceptre with trefoil head in right hand.
Obverse inscription: +ED-P[]
Reverse description: Short cross voided with expanding limbs joined at the base by two circles, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: +:GOD[PIO?..]ON [P?]ECD
Initial mark: Cross Pattee
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Waldringfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | nos. 820-823 |
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