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COIN
Unique ID: SF-EDB00C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An Early Medieval silver cut halfpenny of Aethelred II (AD 978-1016) dating to AD 1009-1017 (North 779). Minted by an uncertain moneyer in Thetford. Ref: North 1980: 121. Recorded on EMC at 2021.0058
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1009
Date to: Circa AD 1017
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.58 g
Diameter: 19.18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2020 - Thursday 10th September 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Mint or issue place: Thetford
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 779 (Last Small Cross [var: rev. four extra crosses]) (Hild. Ac)
Obverse description: Diademed bust left
Obverse inscription: [AETHELRE]D REX A[NG]
Reverse description: Four crosses around reverse cross
Reverse inscription: M ON DEOD
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Bradfield St. George
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1963 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |
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