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Unique ID: FAKL-37AAF1
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy styca of Athelred II of Northumbria, second reign, moneyer unknown: ]OFDE[
Class: Styca
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Exactly AD 844
Date to: Exactly AD 849
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.74 g
Diameter: 12.8 mm
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Other reference: 315
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Styca
Ruler/issuer: Aethelred II of Northumbria (2nd reign)
Mint or issue place: Northumbria
Category: Styca of Northumbria and York
Type: N 190
Obverse description: Inscription around a six armed star set within a ring
Obverse inscription: +EDELRED REX
Reverse description: Inscription around central motif?
Reverse inscription: [ ] OFDE { }
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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