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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-475CA3
Workflow
status: Published 
A silver early medieval penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96).
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
Date from: AD 787
Date to: AD 792
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.23 g
Diameter: 19.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2003
Personal details
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Offa of Mercia
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries
Obverse description: Annulet and pellet in inner circle. Annulet in the form of a broken square.
Obverse inscription: OFFA REX ME
Reverse description: OS MOD in the angles of a Celtic cross with an annulet centre containing a saltire.
Reverse inscription: OS MOD
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Micheldever CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
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 | 55 | no. 289 |
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