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COIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-0764F4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An Early Medieval silver coin: a penny of Alfred the Great (871-899), first coinage, moneyer Osgeard, the mint probably Canterbury. It is 18mm in diameter and 0.9mm thick. It weighs 1.1gm.
Reference: North, volume 1, number 625. Compare EMC 2001.1100.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 871
Date to: Circa AD 875
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 29th March 2011 - Wednesday 28th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1821
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Alfred the Great
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: Coin of the kings of Wessex 9th-10th centuries
Type: N 625 (Alfred, Lunette (unbroken))
Obverse description: A diademed bust of the king, facing right.
Obverse inscription: AELBRED REX
Reverse description: The moneyer's name in three lines, in and between a pair of lunettes.
Reverse inscription: DMO/OSGEAR/ETA
Initial mark:
Cross pattee
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
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: Brampton (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 625 |
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