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Unique ID: SUR-453548
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver penny of Burgred, King of Mercia (852-874), Type a (Lunettes unbroken), North 423. Moneyer: Osmund, mint: uncertain.
Notes:
Also recorded on EMC as 2010.0250
Similar to EMC 1001.0418 (Ref: SCBI 1 - Fitzwilliam: 418; MEC I. 1336) and EMC1002.0371 (Ref: SCBI 2 - Glasgow: 371)
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
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 852
Date to: Circa AD 874
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 19.79 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th July 2010
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Other reference: 10.788; EMC 2010.0250
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Burgred of Mercia
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries
Type: N 423 (Burgred, lunette, unbroken)
Obverse description: Diademed bust facing right
Obverse inscription: BVRGRED REX M
Reverse description: Moneyer's name in three lines in and between two unbroken lunettes
Reverse inscription: MON//oZmhND//ETA (Moneta Osmund)
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU6798
Four figure Latitude: 51.676781
Four figure longitude: -1.032422
1:25K map: SU6798
1:10K map: SU69NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 423 |