An incomplete silver Early Medieval circumscription cross penny of Aethelstan (924-939 AD). The letters in the legends on both the obverse and reverse are oriented in a combination of retrograde, backwards and right-side-up and right-side-up (see below).
Obverse: EDELSTA[...]
Reverse: [...]RTALVII[...]
For obverse: EDEL(retrograde), S(backwards), TA (right-side-up)
For reverse: R(retrograde), TA(right-side-up), L (right-side-up, but backwards), A I I (retrograde)
An incomplete silver Early Medieval circumscription cross penny of Aethelstan (924-939 AD). The letters in the legends on both the obverse and reverse are oriented in a combination of retrograde, backwards and right-side-up and right-side-up (see below).
Obverse: EDELSTA[...]
Reverse: [...]RTALVII[...]
For obverse: EDEL(retrograde), S(backwards), TA (right-side-up)
For reverse: R(retrograde), TA(right-side-up), L (right-side-up, but backwards), A I I (retrograde)
According to National Finds Advisor John Naylor (pers. comm. 16.3.12): 'There are a number of known coins of Aethelstan with retrograde inscriptions (including circumscription cross types), and this fits well into the pattern. The most similar...is EMC 1009.0334 although the reverse does appear at least partly different...'.
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A RDF representation of SUSS-E27A67
2012-03-12T16:43:19+00:00
2012-03-19T12:28:00+00:00
SUSS-E27A67
SUSS-E27A67
Silver
0924
0939
0.51
Penny
Denomination
12.02
Width
19.8
Length
0.91
Thickness
0.51
Weight
obverse
EDELSTA[...]
reverse
[...]RTALVII[...]
GB
en-GB
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A thumbnail image of SUSS-E27A67
Silver
Primary material of object
Incomplete
Circumscription cross
Circumscription cross
EDELSTA[...]
Obverse of coin
Circumscription cross
Circumscription cross
Reverse
[...]RTALVII[...]
By Attribution 3.0
The period from for the object
Attribute as courtesy of the British Museum
A full resolution image of SUSS-E27A67
0924
0939
The issuer of the coin
Method of manufacture