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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-3A3E48
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver penny of Cnut, Quatrefoil type, moneyer Leofric of Thetford, North 781, weight 0.95g, c.1017-23
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 1017
Date to: Circa AD 1023
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th October 2012 - Monday 12th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 11789
Other reference: KLMD112012
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Cnut the Great
Mint or issue place: Thetford
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 781 (Quatrefoil) (Hild. E)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left in quatrefoil
Obverse inscription: +CNVT REX ANGLO
Reverse description: LEOFRIC M DEO
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Grimston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7121
Four figure Latitude: 52.759541
Four figure longitude: 0.532691
1:25K map: TF7121
1:10K map: TF72SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
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 | 167 | 781 |
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