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COIN

Unique ID: LIN-FF2C55

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An early-medieval silver penny of Cynethryth, wife of Offa of Mercia (757-96); mint: Canterbury, moneyer: Eoba. North 339/Chick 140. Refs: North 1994: 90; Chick 2010; also published as Naismith and Naylor 2012, no. 15.

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
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 765
Date to: Circa AD 796

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.13 g
Diameter: 17 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: EMC 2011.0218

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Cynethryth
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries

Type: N 339 (Cynethryth: portrait)
Obverse description: Moneyer's name to right of curly-haired, draped female bust right with Latin cross and pellets behind head.
Obverse inscription: EOBA
Reverse description: Queen's name around a beaded inner circle containing M-
Reverse inscription: CYNETHRYTH REGINA
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Louth

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher
Chick, D.	2010	The Coinage of Offa and His Contemporaries	London	Spink
Naismith, R. and Naylor, J.	2012	New type and finds for Offa of Mercia	London	British Numismatic Society
North, J.J.	1994	English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272	London	Spink and Son Ltd

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Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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