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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-9630E5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 979
Date to: Circa AD 985
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 20.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Mint or issue place: Lincoln
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 766 (First Hand) (Hild. B1)
Obverse description: Diademed bust right
Obverse inscription: [AETHE]LRED REX [ANG LOX]
Reverse description: Hand of Providence issuing from clouds; at sides A.W.
Reverse inscription: [--]M-OLIC?[--]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Fangfoss
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
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 | p158 | 766 |
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