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Unique ID: NCL-BCEDD2
Object type certainty: Certain
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Late Saxon cut half penny of Edward the Confessor, dating to 1050-53.
North no. 820.
The penny is damaged, broken into quarters.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1050
Date to: Circa AD 1053
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.65 mm
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 16.56 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010 - Thursday 30th September 2010
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
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 facing left with sceptre
Obverse inscription: UREX ED
Reverse description: Voided short cross with expanding limbs joined at the base by 2 circles
Reverse inscription: IYI NDE
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TF3064
Four figure Latitude: 53.157269
Four figure longitude: -0.057229
1:25K map: TF3064
1:10K map: TF36SW
Grid reference source: From finder
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 | 180 | 820 |