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COIN
Unique ID: SF-35BF95
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cut silver half-penny of Edward the Confessor, expanding cross type, heavy issue, c. 1050-1053. Moneyer: Edred. Mint: London. As North, 1980, p. 141, no. 823.
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 1050
Date to: Circa AD 1053
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.76 g
Diameter: 19.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC Number: 2014.0137
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Confessor
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 823 (Expanding cross, heavy)
Obverse description: Diademed bust left, in front, sceptre with a trefoil head.
Obverse inscription: EDP[] REX
Reverse description: Short-cross voided with expanding limbs joined at the base by two circles.
Reverse inscription: +EDRED O[]
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Wood Walton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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