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COIN

Unique ID: NMGW-33F10B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A silver early medieval penny of Aethelred II "the Unready" (978 - 1013). Crux type, moneyer Leofwine, minted in York, 991-997 (North 770).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 991
Date to: Exactly AD 997

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.32 g
Diameter: 20.3 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMWPA 2021.34.3

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: York
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066

Type: N 770 (Crux) (Hild. C)
Obverse description: Bust, diademed, left; in front of bust, sceptre, cross pommée.
Obverse inscription: ÆDELRED EX ANGLOX
Reverse description: Short cross, voided, with pellet in centre; in angles, CRVX.
Reverse inscription: LEOFPINE M-O EOFI
Initial mark: Cross
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: Wales (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Nicholas and Bonvilston (Community)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST0872
Four figure Latitude: 51.43949703
Four figure longitude: -3.32503048
1:25K map: ST0872
1:10K map: ST07SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Created: 9 months ago
Updated: 9 months ago

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