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Unique ID: NCL-77AE75
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Early Medieval penny of the kingdom of Wessex, an Aethelred I (865-871) or Aelfred (871-899) lunette type, c 865-865.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 865
Date to: Circa AD 875
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.25 mm
Weight: 0.3 g
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred I of Wessex
Mint or issue place: Uncertain
Category: Coin of the kings of Wessex 9th-10th centuries
Type: N 623 (Æthelred, Lunette, lines with crooks)
Obverse description: fragment only retains inscrption
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: band containing an inscription
Reverse inscription: illegible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: NZ4803
Four figure Latitude: 54.420182
Four figure longitude: -1.261783
1:25K map: NZ4803
1:10K map: NZ40SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.