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COIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-D1BFD3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Early Medieval Northumbrian coin: a styca, unassigned to a ruler. Unusually, it appears to have a moneyer's name on both sides: Earduulf and Uulfred. It is 13mm in diameter and 1.4mm thick. It weighs 0.87gm. This appears to be a double moneyer coin, examples of which do appear sometimes. Whether it relates to a certain ruler/archbishop is not certain but it is more likely to be a double moneyer coin than an irregular styca which are often illegible or illiterate.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 790
Date to: Circa AD 867
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 0.87 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th April 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1476
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Styca
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (Northumbrian illegible)
Mint or issue place: Northumbria
Category: Styca of Northumbria and York
Type: Styca (unidentifiable)
Obverse description: A plain cross surrounded by the legend.
Obverse inscription: VVLFRED
Reverse description: A group of five pellets surrounded by the legend
Reverse inscription: EARDVVF
Initial mark:
Cross pattee
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Torksey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8379
Four figure Latitude: 53.301458
Four figure longitude: -0.756009
1:25K map: SK8379
1:10K map: SK87NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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