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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-EF936A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn early medieval cut halfpenny of a Late Anglo-Saxon king, Eadgar (959-75), Edward the Martyr (975-8) or Aethelred II (978-1016) of the post-Reform issues (after c.975), uncertain type, mint and moneyer uncertain. Ref: North 1994: 157-67.
The coin is very worn within the field on both obverse and reverse, with virtually nothing of the design remaining, and the inscriptions are only partial given its status as a cut fraction. The lettering on the reverse is worn and difficult to read in its entirety, the moneyer reading only [... ]OL[... ]with certainty. It may be GOL[... ], which could suggest the moneyer is Goldric of Stafford (possibly STAEFOR, for which FOR is distinctly visible).
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 975
Date to: Circa AD 1016
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.62 g
Diameter: 20.65 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 15-1531
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Obverse description: illegible
Obverse inscription: [...] X ANGLORX (ORX ligated)
Reverse description: illegible
Reverse inscription: +[... ]OL[... ]F O R, probably +GOL[..]FOR
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
Parish or ward: Buriton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7518
Four figure Latitude: 50.95655792
Four figure longitude: -0.93354916
1:25K map: SU7518
1:10K map: SU71NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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