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COIN
Unique ID: SF-6BD715
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1038
Date to: Circa AD 1040
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.01 g
Diameter: 17.99 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's Ref. 6; EMC 2009.0050
Materials and construction
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Harold Harefoot
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 803 (Harold I, Fleur-de-lis, fleur reverse)
Obverse description: Diademed bust left in armour with shield and sceptre in front.
Obverse inscription: HAR-OLD RE[CX]
Reverse description: Voided long cross with limbs united at their bases by a circle enclosing a pellet, in each angle of the cross a lis between two pellets.
Reverse inscription: +LE/OFR/ICON/LVN
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Ixworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From 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 | no. 803 |
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