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COIN
Unique ID: GLO-9ADBD0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A silver early medieval penny of Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type (North 781) dating to c.AD1017-1023, moneyer: Bolla, mint: Gloucester.
The coin is badly cracked across the face, following the line of the horizontal arms of the reverse cross and there is a fragment of the coin missing at the edge along the line of the crack.
Obverse: Crowned bust left, within quatrefoil. +CN[V]T REX ANGLO
Reverse: Long cross voided on quatrefoil; each limb terminates in three crescents, pellets at apex of cusps. +BOL/LA O/N GL/[.]PE
Notes:
This is the first coin of Cnut recorded by the PAS from the mint at Gloucester.
This artefact was recorded by images supplied by the finder
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local 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
Date from: Circa AD 1017
Date to: Circa AD 1023
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2021 - Tuesday 21st September 2021
Personal details
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Cnut the Great
Mint or issue place: Gloucester
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 781 (Quatrefoil) (Hild. E)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, within quatrefoil.
Obverse inscription: +CN[V]T REX ANGLO
Reverse description: Long cross voided on quatrefoil; each limb terminates in three crescents, pellets at apex of cusps.
Reverse inscription: +BOL/LA O/N GL/[.]PE
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Stroud (District)
Parish or ward: Slimbridge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7304
Four figure Latitude: 51.73405446
Four figure longitude: -2.39237339
1:25K map: SO7304
1:10K map: SO70SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |
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