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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-F7439F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An early medieval penny of Eadred (946-55), Two-Line/Horizontal type (HT1; North 706), moneyer: Eferulf/Eoferulf, 'Midlands & South style'. Ref: North 1994: 141; Blunt et al 1989: 139.
The coin is in fair condition, chipped around much of the edge and a part of the coin, roughly the width of the outer circle, has been bent at right angles to the rest of the coin. The coin was poorly struck with the centres on both obverse and reverse noticeably fainter than the rest of the field, and this is especially visible on the reverse where the central cross is barely visible.
Notes:
Coins of Eadred are rare stray finds, and this is only the 14th example recorded by the PAS and the first from the county.
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 946
Date to: Circa AD 955
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st February 2018
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: Eadred
Mint or issue place: Southern England
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 706 (Two-Line (H): HT 1)
Obverse description: Inscription around a central cross pattee
Obverse inscription: EADRED REXo
Reverse description: Inscription in two lines, trefoil of pellets above and below, three cross between.
Reverse inscription: EFER/VLF NO
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Overton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5352
Four figure Latitude: 51.26470063
Four figure longitude: -1.24175775
1:25K map: SU5352
1:10K map: SU55SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunt, C.E., et al. | 1989 | Coinage in Tenth Century England | Oxford | Oxford | |||
| 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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