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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-C67EB0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Anglo-Saxon silver penny of Offa, heavy coinage, mint of Canterbury, moneyer Aethelmod. Chick 230, from the same obverse die as 230d.
This coin is also recorded on the Fitzwilliam's Corpus of Early Medieval coins, reference number 2013.0314.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 792
Date to: Circa AD 796
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 17th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC 2013.0314
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Offa of Mercia
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries
Type: N 322 (Heavy coinage)
Obverse description: Legend over three lines
Obverse inscription: m/+OFFA/REX
Reverse description: Legend over three lines
Reverse inscription: +/+EDEL/MOD
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: near Louth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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