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COIN
Unique ID: CAM-28E191
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver hammered penny of Eadmund, 939-946. Obverse shows a Crowned and draped bust right. Obverse legend reads + EADMVN REX. Reverse shows Small cross pattee. Reverse legend reads x BARBE Mo NoRDPIC. Moneyer is BARBE. Mint is Norwich.
Weight is 1.55g, diameter is 21.11mm, thickness is 0.8mm.
See Spink 2004 (39th Ed.), p.116, no.1107. North, J.J., Vol.I. pl.11, fig.30, p.140, no.698.
Notes:
Recorded at the May 2012 Melbourn Metal Detecting club meeting
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 939
Date to: Circa AD 946
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.55 g
Diameter: 21.11 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd February 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC 2011.0246
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edmund I of England
Mint or issue place: Norwich
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 698 (Bust Crowned, with mint)
Obverse description: Crowned and draped bust right
Obverse inscription: + EADMVN REX
Reverse description: Small cross pattee
Reverse inscription: x BARBE Mo NoR[TH]WIC
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: South Cambridgeshire District Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
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