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SF-221982: Early-Medieval coin: cut silver farthing of Aethelred II, Crux type

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COIN

Unique ID: SF-221982

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

A cut silver farthing of Aethelred II, Crux type, c.991-997 AD. As North, 1980: no. 770.

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 991
Date to: Circa AD 997

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 11.03 mm
Width: 9.12 mm
Weight: 0.37 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Cut farthing
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066

Type: N 770 (Crux) (Hild. C)
Obverse description: Bust left, sceptre before bust, within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: []REX A[]
Reverse description: Short cross voided, the letter V of CRVX in the surviving quadrant, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: []C M-O[]

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Alderton

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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