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COIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-D21D60
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Early Medieval Northumbrian coin; a styca, probably an irregular issue, categorised by Pirie as Phase II, group D. The spelling of Aethelred is incorrect and the lettering clumsily done. There are small corrosion concretions on one side. It is 10.7mm in diameter and 1.2mm thick. It weighs 0.65gm. Reference: North, volume 1, number 191.8.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 843
Date to: Circa AD 855
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 0.65 g
Diameter: 10.7 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)
Category: Styca of Northumbria and York
Type: N 191.8 (Irregular Northumbrian 'styca'; mid ninth century)
Obverse description: A group of five pellets, surrounded by the legend.
Obverse inscription: EDL[?]DIL
Reverse description: A group of four pellets, surrounded by the legend.
Reverse inscription: VV[?]LD[?]
Initial mark:
Illegible
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
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
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | number 191.8 |
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