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Record ID: YORYM-76CFA8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Early-Medieval penny of Regnald (c.AD 919 – 921) dating to the period c.AD 919 – 921. Hand type. Mint of York. North Vol 1, p.113, no.531.
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brompton', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LIN-1C4137
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An early medieval silver halfpenny of St.Edmund Memorial type (North 485) probably belonging to the middle or late phase of minting (c. AD905-20), mint: East Anglia (Danelaw), moneyer: uncertain (Rodul?). Ref: North 1994: 108-9; Naismith 2017: 290-2. The coin is cracked around a part of the outer edge with a small fragment of the coin missing. Diameter: 14.25 mm; Weight: 0.60g
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: CORN-A629AF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An early medieval silver penny, a Danelaw imitation of Alfred of Wessex's (AD 871-99) London Monogram type dating to c.AD880-94, Mackay Danelaw Type A2 (imitating London Type A2; North 463). Ref: MacKay 2019: 91 (no.12), pl. 4 (no.69). The coin uses the same obverse die as Mackay no. 12 (pl. 4, no.69) and has a previously unrecorded reverse die. This is in a similar style to the reverse of Mackay no. 12 with reverse-barred N but has several additional design elements: a cross of five pellets above and cross of four edges below the monogram, and c…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-C4B8C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete Viking silver St.Edmund Memorial penny (AD 895-910) Only the inner rosette of the coin remains. North vol.I.no.483-484 Obverse: A in centre Reverse: Cross pattée in centre
Created on: Friday 28th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: DUR-C01ACE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete broken silver dirham of the Samanid ruler Ahmad II b. Isma'il  295-301 / AD907-914. Obverse description:Three horizontal lines of Arabic text  with two borders of text around the edge Reverse description:Four horizontal lines of Arabic text with a single outer border of text on the edge. The coin has been broken in half leaving a rough edge, and also removing the mint and date parts of the legend. Dimensions: Length: 27.3 mm; Width: 16.33 mm; Thickness: 1.4 mm; Weight: 1.64 g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: LIN-964A4A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A fragment of an early medieval silver penny of the Anglo-Viking Kingdom of York in the name of Sigeferth (aka Sievert or Siefred), Class I (Ebraice Civitas group) EC1a/CSR-A (North 489), mint: York dating to c.AD 895-905. Refs: North 1994: p.110; Naismith 2017: p.292-5, pl. 105 no. 2526. Approximately a quarter of the coin survives with uneven breaks suggesting this is a damaged coin rather than deliberately cut or fractioned.   Obverse description: Illegible Obverse inscription: [EB RAI] CEC [IV] Reverse description: Illegible Reverse inscription: CSI[EFRED…
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: NMS-4E890B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Silver St.Edmund Memorial penny of Viking East Anglia, garbled moneyer's name (CVCRIOI), weight 1.20g, later phase with blundered legends and no pellets, c.905-15
Created on: Monday 30th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2022
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: NLM-0A69E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An early medieval silver St Edmund Memorial Penny, 'late phase' type dating c.905/10-917 with small flan and blundered / illiterate inscription, mint: East Anglia (North 483). Ref: North 1994: 108-9; Naismith 2017: 290-2. Diameter: 18.4mm, Weight: 1.24gms, die axis: possibly 3
Created on: Friday 26th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-1EE51C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An early medieval silver 'Saint Edmund memorial' penny, 'middle' phase dating to c. AD 905-910/5, moneyer: Adalbert, mint: East Anglia (North 483). Ref: North 1994: 108-09; Blackburn and Pagan 2002. The coin is slightly chipped on its edge removing a small fragment. Diameter 18.97mm , Thickness 0.89mm , Weight 1.3g
Created on: Monday 27th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: NMGW-F3934E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Danelaw, (c.890), Five Boroughs, Penny, imitation of London Monogram type A, of Alfred the Great, unnamed moneyer, coarse style, type E, XLƎF D’ EDREX, F inverted, diademed bust right. Rev, monogram with inverted N and L, 1.30g. (MacKay Danelaw E, obverse similar to coin 5.1, die combination 5, O5/R5 – see plate 6, no. 95; S.964; cf. N.463), peck marks on reverse, extremely fine condition. Recorded by Fitzwilliam Museum.
Created on: Monday 13th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishopstone', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SF-81C9A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver penny of the Danelaw commemorating St Eadmund dating to circa AD 890-910 (North 483/1). Uncertain moneyer and mint. The coin is incomplete and in two fragments. Ref: North 1980: 79. The coin is recorded on EMC at 2018.0082.
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2021
Last updated: Saturday 11th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SUSS-BB49AC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A modern replica of the early medieval 'sword' type pennies of Eric Bloodaxe (c.939-54) dating to c.AD952-4. Struck on a very round flan its weight is too high at 1.64g (the weight standard used for the original issues was 1.4g) and the quality of the die cutting is lower than on the original coins. Possibly related to the Ashmore Replicas of the 1970s and 1980s.  Measurements: diameter: 19.81mm; thickness: 1.25mm; weight: 1.59g. There are only two examples of this coin on the database: LANCUM-2C5698; and LANCUM-2BC4D7. 
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2020
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uckfield Area', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: ESS-04DB26
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Broken Early Medieval silver penny of the Danelaw, commemorating St Eadmund and dating to c. AD 890 - 910. As North 483, EMC 1036.0111. Obverse legend reads: S(reversed) C [EADMV]ND REX. A monogram in centre enclosed within solid circle. Reverse: Cross inside inner circle. Legend reads: ADRA[DVS]...NE
Created on: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2019
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: NARC-5C7DED
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A modern replica coin made by David Greenhalgh (Grunal the moneyer; this name is used on the reverse of the coin) copying a penny of Anlaf Guthfrithsson dating to the period (AD 939-941). Raven type. Cross reverse with single pellet in each quadrant. Type: N 537 (Anlaf Guthfrithsson, Raven / Small Cross) Obverse description: Raven head left Obverse inscription: ●+ANLAFGVNVNC● Reverse description: Cross with single pellet in each quadrant Reverse inscription: +GRVNAL●MON● cf. North 1994: No 537 for real issue. Diameter: 20.03mm, Thickness: 1.37mm, Weight: 1.5g
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: LEIC-8D0E07
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Early Medieval (Anglo-Viking) St Edmund memorial silver penny, incomplete, 895-910AD.
Created on: Tuesday 18th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: YORYM-F51D44
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A silver Viking imitation penny of Alfred the Great dating to the period AD 887 - 899. Two Line Type. Danelaw moneyer Ceneferth. Mint uncertain. North Vol 1, p.107, no.475/1. The coin was found folded in two and was subsequently straightened by the finder.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 24th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: DENO-7A0AF7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete silver early medieval penny of the Vikings possibly minted in the name of Sihtric (c. 921-927), imitating coins issued in the name of St Peter, Phase 1 or 2, Two-Line (Horizontal), (North 551 or 553), minted in York, c.905-920. Diameter 18.4mm, Thickness 0.6mm. Weight 0.93g, The coin is influenced by the Swordless St Peter type, which are inscribed with SCI PETRIMO (cf North 551) or a blundered form of this. Megan Gooch says these letters "get more random as shapes such as the key find a home in the field and take up design space". pers. comm 8/4/2019. However,…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: DENO-FCA770
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A silver early medieval penny of the Vikings minted in the name of St Peter of York (c. 905-927). Phase 3, Sword/Cross issue (North 555), minted in York, c. 921-927.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newark Area', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: WILT-F946A2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver Saint Eadmund memorial penny, dating to c. AD 895-910. Minted in East Anglia by Ansinger. North (1994: 108) no. 483.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: NMS-874305
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Saxon penny, St Eadmund memorial coinage dating to the period c. AD 890 - 910. Obverse, [...IC...] (A inverted), in centre A. Reverse, [...OA[...]; cross pattee. The "A" in the reverse legend is inverted. Memorial coinage by Danish settlers. The inscriptions are blundered, which is typical of the later coins within the St Edmund series. Probably North, Vol. I, p. 79, no. 483/2.
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded.


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