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COIN

Unique ID: ESS-462014

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Silver hammered coin of Coenwulf, Group I, AD796-c805. North 341.

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 796
Date to: Circa AD 805

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.28 g
Diameter: 18.58 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Coenwulf of Mercia
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries

Obverse description: CENWVLF across field between two lines of pellets, below REX, above M with trefoil either side.
Obverse inscription: CENVVULF R.E.X
Reverse description: Moneyers name in two lines between lunettes
Reverse inscription: WILHVN

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Tendring (District)
Parish or ward: Mistley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TM1229
Four figure Latitude: 51.919148
Four figure longitude: 1.081409
1:25K map: TM1229
1:10K map: TM12NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	page 64	341

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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