LVPL-2515E3: Medieval coin of Edward the Confessor

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COIN

Unique ID: LVPL-2515E3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An early-medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), 'Small flan' type (c.1048-50; North 818; BMC type II), Moneyer: Loli (spelt EOLA), mint: York. Ref: North 1994: 179.

Obverse: +EDPER/RD RE; diadem and cuirassed bust left.

Reverse: EOLA ON EOFER; voided short cross, annulet in one quarter.

Subsequent actions

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
Date from: Circa AD 1048
Date to: Circa AD 1050

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 14.58 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2014

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Confessor
Mint or issue place: York
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066

Type: N 818 (Small Flan) (Hild. B)
Obverse description: Diadem bust left.
Obverse inscription: EDPER/RD RE
Reverse description: Long cross, annulet in one quarter.
Reverse inscription: EOLA ON EOFER
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
To be known as: Wighill

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Found while metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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

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Recording Institution: LVPL
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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