WAW-AFC2D7: Early Medieval coin: penny of Aethelred II (Obverse and reverse).

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COIN

Unique ID: WAW-AFC2D7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Early Medieval coin: penny of Aethelraed II (978-1016) minted in London by the moneyer Godric between c. 997-1003 AD. North No. 774. The reverse legend unusually ends with AN rather than ANGL or ANGLO.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 997
Date to: AD 1003

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 20.16 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2007 - Friday 1st February 2008

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066

Type: N 774 (Long Cross) (Hild. D)
Obverse description: Bust facing left, wearing drapery and has a bare-head. The hair is formed by radiating ridges.
Obverse inscription: [ ]REX AN
Reverse description: Long cross with each arm terminating with three crescents.
Reverse inscription: GO / DR[ ] /[ ]OL / V[ ]D
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Bromsgrove (District)
Parish or ward: Beoley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP0770
Four figure Latitude: 52.32805
Four figure longitude: -1.898708
1:25K map: SP0770
1:10K map: SP07SE
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		No. 774

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Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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