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COIN
Unique ID: DUR-983702
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver penny of Aethelred II (978- 1016), minted c.1003-9.
Helmet type. North no. 775, BMC viii.
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 1003
Date to: Circa AD 1009
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 14.87 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th October 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 775 (Helmet) (Hild. E)
Obverse description: Bust left in armour and radiate crown
Obverse inscription: [AETHELRAED REX ANGLO]
Reverse description: Long cross voided, each limb terminating in three crescents, over square with trefoil at each point.
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hawthorn (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ4246
Four figure Latitude: 54.807116
Four figure longitude: -1.348097
1:25K map: NZ4246
1:10K map: NZ44NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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