BUC-D5B3E5: Early Medieval Coin : Penny of Offa

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COIN

Unique ID: BUC-D5B3E5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An early-medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96); Light Coinage (c.765-92; Chick 31; North 303). Mint: London, moneyer: Eadhun. Ref: Chick 2010. pl. 5, 31a-e; North 1994: 88.

Part of the edge has been lost. Obverse description: Bust (Ab) right. Obverse inscription: OFFA. Reverse description: Cross crosslet with lozenge centre containing a small cross with three pellets in each angle. Reverse inscription: +E/Ad/HV/N

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Retained by finder
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 765
Date to: Circa AD 792

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.99 mm
Diameter: 16.91 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th August 2005

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Offa of Mercia
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries

Type: N 303 (Light coinage, Portrait; cross crosslet with lozenge centre reverse)
Obverse description: Bust (Ab) right
Obverse inscription: OFFA
Reverse description: Cross crosslet with lozenge centre containing a small cross with three pellets in each angle.
Reverse inscription: +E/Ad/HV/N

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Hardwick

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Weekend Wanderers event at Hardwick
Current location: Retained by finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Chick, D.	2010	The Coinage of Offa and His Contemporaries	London	Spink
North, J.J.	1994	English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272	London	Spink and Son Ltd	88	303

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Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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