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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-8906DB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver penny of Aethelstan of East Anglia, moneyer Mon of uncertain mint, obverse EDELSTAH RE AI, cross with pellet in each angle, reverse MOH MOHET, cross, pellet in each angle, weight 1.25g, North 446, AD825-45
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 825
Date to: Circa AD 845
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2021 - Wednesday 21st April 2021
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 65017
Other reference: INDRHP21042021HG
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelstan of East Anglia
Category: Coin of the kings of East Anglia 8th-9th century
Type: N 446.3 (Æthelstan EA, non-portrait)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Wretham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9389
Four figure Latitude: 52.46482079
Four figure longitude: 0.83964413
1:25K map: TL9389
1:10K map: TL98NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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