Record ID: NCL-F02EB5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: NORTHUMBERLAND
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold solidus of Arichis II, dux of Benevento (Italy), probably Class I coinage of 758-765. See Grierson and Blackburn 1986 ( Medieval European Coinage 1: The Early Middle Ages ), 575, plate 50 (no 1096). The coin bears two cut marks at 1 and 5 o'clock respectively, both of which cut through the coin in a straight line, angled toward a point just right of centre. The cuts do not meet, however, so that the coin remained intact. These cut marks may represent an aborted attempt of 'hacking' the coin for gold - a practice common in the Early Medieval period.
Created on: Wednesday 20th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 27th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alnwick area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-A50F43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: HAMPSHIRE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Early-Medieval Anglo-Frisian gold Solidus, c.825-850, imitating a Solidus of Louis the Pious (AD 814-840). It is 20.78mm in diameter and 1.06mm thick, weighing 4.46g. It is bent upwards and inwards on two opposing edges, on the obverse face. Obverse: Laureate, draped bust right with long vertical bar for nose, fine hairlines, inverted trefoil for eye. DN LVVDOVS INII AVG (DN LVDOVICVS IMP AVG) Reverse: Suspended wreath containing a large cross pattée linked to wreath on vertical axis. NIVNIVIO IVNVM (MVNVS DIVINVM)
Created on: Friday 13th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'New Forest', grid reference and parish protected.