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COIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-387F18
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An anglo-saxon coin: a Northumbrian base silver styca of Eanred, phase II coinage probably c. 830-835. The moneyer is Monne. It is 12.5mm in diameter and 1.5mm thick. It weighs 0.95gm. See North, Vol.1, No.186.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 830
Date to: Circa AD 835
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 0.95 g
Diameter: 12.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd March 2009 - Monday 2nd March 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Styca
Ruler/issuer: Eanred of Northumbria
Category: Styca of Northumbria and York
Obverse description: A central cross pattee (Pirie type 1) surrounded by the legend.
Obverse inscription: +EANRED REX
Reverse description: A central cross pattee (Pirie type 1) surrounded by the moneyer’s name.
Reverse inscription: +MONNE
Initial mark: Plain cross
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Wakefield
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 | 186 |
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