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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-951268
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete early medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), small flan type (North 818) dating to c.AD 1048-50, mint: Shrewsbury, moneyer: Wulfmær. Ref: North 1994: 179.
The coin is worn but complete with some cracking at the edge of the flan.
Notes:
The coin is probably die-linked to two coins in the Norwegian Collection published by Screen (2015, Plate 191, nos 3677 and 3678).
It is also only the second coin of Edward the Confessor recorded by the PAS from the Shrewsbury mint (see FAJN-94A3E9).
Finder ref. March 22F
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 1048
Date to: Circa AD 1050
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.91 g
Diameter: 14.03 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2022 - Thursday 31st March 2022
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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: Shrewsbury
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 818 (Small Flan) (Hild. B)
Obverse description: Left-facing diademed bust
Obverse inscription: EDPA-RD RE
Reverse description: Short cross voided.
Reverse inscription: PVLMÆR ON SCR
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Much Wenlock
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 | |||
| Screen, E. | 2015 | Sylloge of the Coins of the British Isles 66: Norwegian Collections Part 2 Anglo-Saxon and later British Coins 1016-1279 | Oxford | The British Academy |
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