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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-89BE63
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 840
Date to: Circa AD 848
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 12.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Styca
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred II of Northumbria
Category: Styca of Northumbria and York
Type: Æthelred II of Northumbria (uncertain subtype)
Obverse description: Cross
Obverse inscription: +EDILRED REX
Reverse description: Cross
Reverse inscription: +EORDRED (retrograde)
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
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