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COIN
Unique ID: SF-B0DC12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Edward the Martyr, c.975-978 AD. As North, 1975: no. 763.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 975
Date to: Circa AD 978
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st June 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC 2010.0244
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Martyr
Mint or issue place: Stamford
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 763 (Edward Martyr's Small Cross)
Obverse description: Diademed bust left
Obverse inscription: +EADPERD REX ANGLO
Reverse description: Small cross pattee within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: +GRIM M O TO STANFOR
Initial mark: Cross Pattee
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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