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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-A8D058
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Anglo-Saxon penny of Ecgberht of Wessex's Dorob C type, dated to 828-839. Recorded on the Fitzwilliam's Corpus of Early Medieval Coins, reference no. EMC 2012.0238.
The coin is of the Canterbury mint, moneyer Deormod.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 828
Date to: Circa AD 839
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.15 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC 2012.0238
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Ecgberht of Wessex
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: Coin of the kings of Wessex 9th-10th centuries
Type: N 573 (Ecgberht, Portrait/Dorob C)
Obverse description: Helmeted bust right
Obverse inscription: [ ]ECGBEA[ ]TREX
Reverse description: Monogram of DOROB C
Reverse inscription: +DIORMO[ ]MNE[ ] (NE ligated)
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
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: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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