COIN

Unique ID: BUC-08EE42

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: National importance

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: retained by finder
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
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 874
Date to: Circa AD 879

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Diameter: 14 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 28th November 2003

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: EMC 2004.0009

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Ceolwulf II of Mercia
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries

Obverse description: A diademed male bust, with robed shoulders, facing right
Obverse inscription: "C..L..FREX..."
Reverse description: A central cross framed by a lozenge. Lines radiate from the corners of the lozenge to the edges of the coin
Reverse inscription: "EA NR [ED]MO "