Rights Holder: Frank Basford
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Unique ID: IOW-836372
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Penny of Edward the Confessor. North 820 (AD 1052-3).
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1052
Date to: AD 1053
Quantity: 2
Weight: 0.72 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th April 2006
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Other reference: IOW2006-40-44
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Confessor
Mint or issue place: Winchester
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Obverse description: Diademed bust left; in front, sceptre with a trefoil head
Obverse inscription: EDWERD R[EX]
Reverse description: Short cross voided with expanding limbs joined at the base by two circles
Reverse inscription: ...TAN ON PINCEST (P=W, I and N ligated
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 141 | 823 |