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COIN
Unique ID: SF-827462
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a silver early medieval penny of Edward the Confessor, dating to the period AD 1044-46. 'Radiate/small cross' Type. Uncertain moneyer and mint.
North vol.I, no.816; B.M.C i; Hild. A
Notes:
EMC 2021.0288.
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 1044
Date to: Circa AD 1046
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.63 mm
Width: 9.65 mm
Thickness: 0.81 mm
Weight: 0.33 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC 2021.0288.
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Confessor
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 816 (Radiate - Small Cross) (Hild. A)
Obverse description: Unclear diademed bust right
Obverse inscription: +[...]REX[...]
Reverse description: Small cross pattee
Reverse inscription: [...]ELSI[...]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Higham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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