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COIN
Unique ID: SF-FCC0E1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Edgar, early portrait, Bust Crowned type, c.959-973 AD. Part of one side of the coin is missing due to old breaks. This is by an East Anglian moneyer whose name might be reconstructed as 'Svartinc'. Dr. Martin Allen (pers. comm.) notes that this appears to be a new moneyer for Edgar's reign, but that a similar coin in the British Museum reading 'SAYDINC' may be the same moneyer. See North, 1980: no. 750.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 959
Date to: Circa AD 973
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.12 g
Diameter: 21.81 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC 2008.0472
Materials and construction
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edgar the Peaceful
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 750 (Bust Crowned, without mint)
Obverse description: Crowned bust right within an inner circle.
Obverse inscription: [EAD]GAR REX
Reverse description: Small cross pattee within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: [S?]VARTINC MON[]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Freckenham
Spatial coordinates
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. 750 |
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