KENT5310: KENT5310: penny of Edward the Elder

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COIN

Unique ID: KENT5310

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A silver penny of Edward the Elder (899-924). Obverse: small central cross with inscription around border +EADVVEARD REX. Reverse: two line inscription BEAHS TANHO, with a small cross above the first line, three crosses between the lines, and a triangle of 3 pellets below the second line.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 899
Date to: AD 924

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd February 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Elder
Category: Coin of the kings of Wessex 9th-10th centuries

Obverse description: Small central cross
Obverse inscription: +EADVVEARD REX
Reverse description: Two line type, cross above first line, three crosses between lines, group of three pellets below lower line
Reverse inscription: BEAHS TANHO

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
Parish or ward: Hollingbourne (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ8356
Four figure Latitude: 51.273759
Four figure longitude: 0.622172
1:25K map: TQ8356
1:10K map: TQ85NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: With finder
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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