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COIN
Unique ID: SF-980217
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Medieval silver halfpenny of Aethelred II 'The Unready' (AD 978-1016) 'Crux type' dating to circa AD 991-997 (North 770). Mint: London, moneyer; Aelfwerd.
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
Date from: Exactly AD 991
Date to: Circa AD 997
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.32 mm
Weight: 1.56 g
Diameter: 20.17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2020 - Monday 5th October 2020
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finders Ref: 19
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: London
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 770 (Crux) (Hild. C)
Obverse description: Bust left, draped, trefoil headed sceptre in front
Obverse inscription: + AETHELRED REX ANGLORX
Reverse description: Short cross voided with crux in angles
Reverse inscription: +AELFWERD M-O LVN
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
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: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Ashfield cum Thorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1980 | English Hammered Coinage: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c. 600-1272 | London | Spink & Son London |
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