Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-4159C6
Object type certainty: Certain
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An early medieval silver penny of Eadgar (959-975), 'bust crowned' type without mint name (North 750), moneyer: Manticen. North 1994: 149.
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: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 959
Date to: Circa AD 973
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.47 g
Diameter: 21.23 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edgar the Peaceful
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 750 (Bust Crowned, without mint)
Obverse description: Crowned bust right within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: +EADGAR REX
Reverse description: Small cross pattee within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: +NANTICEN mONETA
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |