DUR-EECC25: Copper alloy styca of Aethelred II (840-848),

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COIN

Unique ID: DUR-EECC25

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Early Medieval copper alloy styca. L image (rev): +EANRED, central motif Pirie 5b (probably) R image (obv): EDELRED REX, central motif Pirie 1 (a cross) The coin is Aethelred II (840-848), and probably belongs to the 1st reign (840-44). It belongs to Pirie's group Ai from the spelling of EDELRED and the central motif patterns.

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 840
Date to: AD 844

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.23 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 11.57 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Styca
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred II of Northumbria
Category: Styca of Northumbria and York

Type: N 187 or N 188 ('Styca' of Æthelred II First reign; uncertain subtype)
Obverse description: central motif Pirie 1 (a cross)
Obverse inscription: EDELRED REX
Reverse description: central motif Pirie 5b (probably)
Reverse inscription: +EANRED
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Hackforth (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE2493
Four figure Latitude: 54.332006
Four figure longitude: -1.632436
1:25K map: SE2493
1:10K map: SE29SW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: DUR
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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