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Unique ID: NMGW-9A7E11
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Medieval silver coin
PENNY OF ÆTHELRÆD II (978 – 1016)
Obv. +ÆÐELRED REX ANGL·ER; diademed bust l., four pellets to front, linked to shoulder by curved lines
Rev. +ÆÐELVEARD MO NA; small cross pattée
Weight: 1.49g; Die-axis: 0º
First Small Cross type, c.978-9; BMC i; Hildebrand A; North 764.
EMC 2016.0222
For initial discussion of this coin, see http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=51373 , which covers much useful ground. It is also worth noting that the only ‘Aethelweard’ recorded for Aethelraed II in First Small Cross is a moneyer at the ‘North/Southampton’ mint. In the following issue (First Hand), the mint signature for Aethelweard is ‘Hamwi(c)’, so specifically Southampton (SCBI 7, 411 and 20, 820).
The spacings in the transcriptions above are editorial, both legends reading continuously. Taken at face value, the mint signature, if there is one, appears to be ‘NA’; according to North this is found on ‘reform’ coins of Edgar and Edward Martyr, and has been interpreted as Northampton or Southampton (i.e., ‘HA’).
With one exception, the other Aethelweards of Aethelraed’s coinage do not appear before the Crux type of the 990s; the exception is at Winchester, in the Second Hand type, a suggestive geographical proximity to Southampton: the same man ?
I would suggest that the new find be read as giving both moneyer and mint. The evidence is not conclusive, but does appear to be suggestive of an attribution to Southampton.
E.M.B. 5.x.16
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
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: Exactly AD 978
Date to: Exactly AD 979
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.49 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2016.176.1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Mint or issue place: Southampton
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 764 (First Small Cross) (Hild. A)
Obverse description: Diademed bust l., four pellets to front, linked to shoulder by curved lines
Obverse inscription: +ÆÐELRED REX ANGL·ER
Reverse description: small cross pattée
Reverse inscription: +ÆÐELVEARD MO NA
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llancarfan (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST0771
Four figure Latitude: 51.43034443
Four figure longitude: -3.33915072
1:25K map: ST0771
1:10K map: ST07SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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