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COIN
Unique ID: BH-E9F694
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early-Medieval Merovingian silver denier produced in the Bourges region of Aquitaine, dating from c. 680-c. 740. Ref: Grierson and Blackburn 1986: pl. 28 nos. 585-7.
Dimensions: 12.5mm diameter, 1.2mm thick. Weight: 1.22g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 680
Date to: Circa AD 740
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 1.22 g
Diameter: 12.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 12/37 - 4
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny)
Mint or issue place: Unknown
Category: Coin of Merovingian Francia
Type: Merovingian denier, uncertain type
Obverse description: Deformed radiate bust, (possibly) left.
Obverse inscription: (from 6 o'clock) +OIM[ ]C[ ]SIV (possibly)
Reverse description: Central globular cross in a pelleted circle.
Reverse inscription: [ ]OSIV[ ]
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Great Billington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grierson, P. and Blackburn, M.A.S. | 1986 | Medieval European Coinage, Volume I. The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries) | Cambridge | Cambridge University Press |
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