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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-18DC70
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Medieval silver cut halfpenny of Ethelred II, Long cross type, Lincoln? 997-1003 (North 774).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 997
Date to: Circa AD 1003
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.75 g
Diameter: 20 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Mint or issue place: Lincoln
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 774 (Long Cross) (Hild. D)
Obverse description: left facing diademed and draped bust
Obverse inscription: +EÐ[ELRED][..]
Reverse description: voided long cross with stepped terminals
Reverse inscription: [M-OL]INCOL
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Cranoe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7695
Four figure Latitude: 52.547554
Four figure longitude: -0.880664
1:25K map: SP7695
1:10K map: SP79NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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