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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-C5EF72
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early-Medieval cut halfpenny, second hand type, of Aethelred II, 19mm in diameter and weighing 0.63g. Moneyer: Osulf Mint: Most probably London Date: 985-991 Reference: North 768
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 985
Date to: AD 991
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.63 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2008
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Materials and construction
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 768 (Second Hand) (Hild. B2)
Obverse description: Diademed bust right, sceptre with trefoil head before face
Obverse inscription: +EDEL[RED REX AN]G[LO]X
Reverse description: Hand of Providence issuing from clouds with curve at each side of sleeve, at sides alpha and omega
Reverse inscription: +OSVLF MO [
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Swindon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
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 | 768 |
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