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COIN
Unique ID: SF-DC1691
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A bent and broken silver Long Cross of Aethelred II, c.997-1003 AD. Moneyer: Edwine. Mint: Cambridge, from the same dies as SCBI 1, 681 and SCBI 25, 370, which confirm the attribution. The mint signature is GAN. As North, 1975, p. 121, no. 774.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 997
Date to: Circa AD 1003
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 12.13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC Number: 2014.0138, Finders ref Field 10
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Mint or issue place: Cambridge
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 774 (Long Cross) (Hild. D)
Obverse description: Bare headed bust, facing left.
Obverse inscription: AETHELRAED REX ANGLORX
Reverse description: Long cross voided with each limb terminating in three crescents.
Reverse inscription: EDPIN/EMO/[]AN
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Little Blakenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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