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COIN
Unique ID: DENO-765C34
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Medieval Coin: Complete copper alloy Northumbrian Styca (c.810-862). An irregular styca (i.e. illiterate and non-sensical) probably dating after about 850. It belongs to Pirie's Group D (which are the irregular types). The inscription reading noted below is partly conjectural.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 875
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.37 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 13.17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 10th March 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E7404
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Styca
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (Northumbrian illegible)
Mint or issue place: Northumbria
Category: Styca of Northumbria and York
Type: N 191.8 (Irregular Northumbrian 'styca'; mid ninth century)
Obverse inscription: (L image): EDII.I.VD (retrograde). Central motif, Pirie no. 1
Reverse inscription: (R image): D:.[ ]ILEXEV (retrograde). Central motif Pirie no. 7a
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Ludford Area
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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