Rights Holder: Kent County Council
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Unique ID: KENT-AC7131
Object type certainty: Probably
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A fragment of an early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver coin of Aethelwulf of Wessex (AD 839-58); first portrait phase, c. 844-9 (North 613; Naismith C111.3); mint: Canterbury; moneyer: Herebeald.
Paul Withers notes that the retrograde reverse inscription ( )REBE( ) is very unusual. It is not listed in Naismith (2011), The Coinage of Southern England, 796-865, BNS Special Publication 8.
Notes:
Coin not seen by FLO, recorded from images.
Paul Withers removed as 'Secondary Identifier' for validation purposes only.
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 844
Date to: Circa AD 849
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.3 g
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelwulf of Wessex
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: Coin of the kings of Wessex 9th-10th centuries
Type: N 613 (Æthelwulf, Other Portrait, Canterbury)
Obverse description: lower part of right-facing bust (shoulders)
Obverse inscription: +ED[ ]
Reverse description: illegible
Reverse inscription: [ ]REBE[ ] (retrograde)
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.