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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-184738
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A late Early Medieval silver cut halfpenny of Harold II (Godwinson) (1066), PAX type (North 836) dating AD 1066 (January-October), moneyer: Ælfwig, mint: Oxford. Ref: North 1994: 182.
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 0.64 g
Notes:
This is only the second coin of Harold Godwineson struck at the Oxford mint to be recorded by the PAS (see also WMID-BC0555).
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 1066
Date to: Circa AD 1066
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.64 g
Diameter: 18 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Harold Godwinson
Mint or issue place: Oxford
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 836 (Pax)
Obverse description: Crowned head facing left
Obverse inscription: HAROLD R[ ]
Reverse description: PAX across field
Reverse inscription: +AE[ ]N OXEN
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Rushcliffe (District)
To be known as: Rushcliffe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the 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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