WILT-21B443: Early-Medieval coin : Penny of Offa

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COIN

Unique ID: WILT-21B443

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Early-Medieval Kingdom of Mercia Penny of Offa, Group III. It is silver, 18mm in diameter and weighs 1.04g (16.0gn). Its die axis is 0. Date: c.792-c.796 Moneyer: Ethelnoth Ref: North probably 323; Spink 908. For a close parallel see Mack Collection 571 (SCBI 20 (1973) plate XVII)

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 792
Date to: Circa AD 796

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.04 g
Diameter: 18 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1970

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Offa of Mercia
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries

Type: N 323 (CEB 100) (Heavy coinage)
Obverse description: OFFA between two plain lines across the field with REX below and M above, between two triangles Reverse description: Part of moneyer’s name ETHEL between two plain lines, part of name above, NO and a cross below
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cricklade (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0993
Four figure Latitude: 51.635737
Four figure longitude: -1.871355
1:25K map: SU0993
1:10K map: SU09SE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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		probably 323

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Updated: 10 years ago

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