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COIN
Unique ID: SF-4B53F2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An Early Medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (AD 1042-1066), Expanding Cross type, Light Coinage, dating to AD 1050-1051 (N 822). Moneyer: Leofwine; Mint: Norwich. Ref: North 1980: 141. The coin is recorded on EMC under 2022.0063.
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 1050
Date to: Exactly AD 1051
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.96 g
Diameter: 18.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 27th August 2021 - Friday 27th August 2021
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Confessor
Mint or issue place: Norwich
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 822 (Expanding cross, light [Jewel Cross-style portrait]) (Hild. E var)
Obverse description: Diademed bust left, in front sceptre with a trefoil head
Obverse inscription: +EDWARD RE
Reverse description: Short cross voided with expanding limbs joined at the base by two circules
Reverse inscription: +LEOFWINE ON NORD
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Fordham
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. | 1963 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |
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