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COIN
Unique ID: SF-BB0773
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Aethelred II, First Hand type, N766, 978-985 AD. The coin has been bent to produce an 'S'-shaped profile but shows no sign of plough damage.
Martin Allen has added the coin to EMC with the number 2010.0222, and comments that this is the first coin of the moneyer Aelfgar in the First Hand type in EMC, although there are four in SCBI (three of them from this reverse die with the mint name LVNDONI).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 978
Date to: Circa AD 985
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.39 g
Diameter: 19.89 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: Æthelred the Unready
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 766 (First Hand) (Hild. B1)
Obverse description: Diademed bust right, mist-struck around mouth
Obverse inscription: AETHELRED REX ANG LORX
Reverse description: Hand of providence issuing from clouds, pellet at centre above sleeve
Reverse inscription: AELFGAR M O LVNDONI
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Baylham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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