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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-579FD3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An early medieval copper-alloy Northumbrian penny (styca) of Æthelred II of Northumbria (c.841-48?), probably second reign (c.844-48?), moneyer: Wulfred, mint: Northumbria (probably York/East Riding). Ref: Naismith 2017: 119-25; Abramson 2018: nos 997-8.
The coin has patches of green surface corrosion.
Obverse description: central cross pattee; initial cross pattee.
Obverse inscription: +EDILRED X
Reverse description: Central cross pattee; initial cross pattee.
Reverse inscription: +VVL.FRED
Diameter: 11.6mm, Weight: 1.04gms, die axis: 9
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 841
Date to: Circa AD 848
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.04 g
Diameter: 11.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2022
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM50266
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Styca
Ruler/issuer: Aethelred II of Northumbria (2nd reign)
Mint or issue place: Northumbria
Category: Styca of Northumbria and York
Type: N 190
Obverse description: central cross pattee; initial cross pattee
Obverse inscription: +EDILRED X
Reverse description: Central cross pattee; initial cross pattee.
Reverse inscription: +VVL.FRED
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Ryther
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abramson, T. | 2018 | SCBI 69: The Abramson Collection. Coins of Early Anglo-Saxon England and the North Sea area | London | Spink and Son | |||
| Naismith, R | 2017 | Medieval European Coinage 8: Britain and Ireland c.400-1066 | Cambridge | CUP |
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