COIN

Unique ID: IOW-FA69C3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Notes:

Martin Allen has commented that the coin is 'a type showing two vertical limbs radiating from a central pellet, with a small cross pattée at the end of each limb and WIN horizontally across the field. This type is known from a coin of Eadwig (955-959) in the Fitzwilliam Museum (North 1994, 146, no. 740/3, Pl. 12, 11) and a coin of Eadgar found in London no later than 1842, which is now lost (Blunt 1961, 44, 46-7, Pl. III, 14-15; Blunt, Lyon and Stewart 1989, 204, 206, Pl. 25, 395).'

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 955
Date to: AD 959

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.56 g
Diameter: 16 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd May 2006

Personal details

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: IOW2006-40-49; EMC no. 2006.0203

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Eadwig of England
Mint or issue place: Winchester
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066

Obverse description: Small cross pattee
Obverse inscription: EADWIG REX
Reverse description: WIN across field divided by a vertical line with a pellet in centre and a cross at each end.
Reverse inscription: W/IN
Initial mark: Small cross
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine