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COIN
Unique ID: LON-E2B2A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Medieval silver penny of Coenwulf of Mercia (796-821); Cross-and-wedges phase (805-10). moneyer: Beornferth; mint: Canterbury; Naismith C23 / North 344.
The obverse has the same die as Naismith C23a and C23b; the reverse die is previously unrecorded.
Dimensions: diameter: 18.73mm; weight: 1.30g.
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 805
Date to: Circa AD 810
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 18.73 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Coenwulf of Mercia
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries
Type: N 344.1 (Cn. 70-1)
Obverse description: Diademed bust right
Obverse inscription: COENVVLF REX M
Reverse description: Cross pommee with a wedge in each angle
Reverse inscription: BEORNFRETH MONETA
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
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