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Unique ID: KENT5310
Object type certainty: Certain
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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.
Current location of find: With finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 899
Date to: AD 924
Quantity: 1
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd February 2003
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
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
No coin references available.
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.
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