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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-A3AA18
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Penny of Cnut the Great. Mint or issue place: Wallingford. Type: N 790 (Short Cross). Obverse description: Diademed bust left with a lis headed sceptre. Obverse inscription: [CNU]T REX. Reverse description: Voided short cross, in centre, a circle enclosing a pellet. Reverse inscription: ÆLFPINE ON PELI. A silver penny of Cnut, moneyer: Ælfwine at Wallingford 1029-1035/6.
Notes:
The finder paid for this coin to be cleaned by the Bucks County Museum conservator, David Parish.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by finder
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
Date from: Exactly AD 1029
Date to: Exactly AD 1035
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 12th April 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Cnut the Great
Mint or issue place: Wallingford
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 790 (Short Cross)
Obverse description: Diademed bust left with a lis headed sceptre
Obverse inscription: [CNV]T REX
Reverse description: Voided short cross, in centre, a circle enclosing a pellet
Reverse inscription: ÆL.FPINE ON PELI:
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Radclive
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 168 & pl13, no 33 |
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