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COIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-E45001
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Medieval coin; a base silver styca of Aethelred II, probably first reign (840 - 844), moneyer Wulfred. See North number 188. It has a diameter of 12mm.
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 840
Date to: Circa AD 844
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 30th November 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Styca
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred II of Northumbria
Category: Styca of Northumbria and York
Type: N 188 ('Styca' of Æthelred II First reign)
Obverse description: Cross pattee
Obverse inscription: EDILRED [...]
Reverse description: Cross of five pellets
Reverse inscription: [+V]VLFRED
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: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: Northallerton
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 | 188 |
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