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SF615: Early-medieval coin: penny of Cnut

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COIN

Unique ID: SF615

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1024
Date to: AD 1030

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 18 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 1999

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Cnut the Great
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066

Type: N 787 (Pointed Helmet) (Hild. G)
Obverse description: Bust l wearing pointed helmet; in front, sceptre with quatrefoil terminal
Obverse inscription: CNVT. REX
Reverse description: Short cross voided, limbs united at base by two circles, in centre a pellet; in each angle, a broken annulet enclosing a pellet.
Reverse inscription: WYNSTAN ON LVND

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK PARHAM

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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