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COIN
Unique ID: SF-02F230
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Cnut, jewel cross type issued posthumously under Harthacnut, c.1035-1042 AD. As North, 1980: no. 797.
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 1035
Date to: Circa AD 1042
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.97 g
Diameter: 17.19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC 2010.0159
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Harthacnut
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 797 ('Cnut' Jewel Cross)
Obverse description: Diademed bust left
Obverse inscription: +CNVT-RECX A
Reverse description: Cross composed from four ovals united at their base by two circles, a pellet at the centre
Reverse inscription: +PVLFPINE ON LVNDE:
Initial mark: Cross Pattee
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: Hacheston
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 | no. 797 |
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