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COIN
Unique ID: KENT4980
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a silver penny of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex (899-924). 'Two-line' type.
Obv.: small cross pattée in centre, legend around edge, pellet border. ++EAD[WEARD REX]
Rev.: moneyer's name in two lines divided by (three) crosses. Group of three pellets above top line of legend. -]ERH []
North No. 649
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st November 2002
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain
Obverse description: Small cross pattee in centre
Obverse inscription: ++EAD[ ]
Reverse description: Moneyer's name in two lines divided by three crosses
Reverse inscription: [ ] ERH [ ]
Coin references
No coin references available.
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: TQ8256
Four figure Latitude: 51.274079
Four figure longitude: 0.607852
1:25K map: TQ8256
1:10K map: TQ85NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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