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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: NMS-88D191
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Three silver pennies of Edward the Elder, all East Anglian Portrait types with blundered reverse legends, North 651, AD899-924. Two of the coins were found very close together, the third a little way away. There is no doubt that the three coins represent part of a hoard concealed c.925. This is strikingly close in date to the large hoard of Morley St Peter now in the Castle Museum, Norwich and it must surely be the case that the two hoards are connected. Quite probably the same event, most likely a Viking rebellion in the newly reconquered Danelaw after Edward's death, was responsible for the burial of both hoards.
The area of the hoard's concealment was almost certainly the site of an Anglo-Saxon settlement in the tenth century and so the coins would presumably have been hidden close to their owner's home. Given the presence of two of the coins so close to a road, roadbuilding may well have been responsible for the dispersal of the hoard. Quite possibly the original container was discovered at that time and its contents shared out by the roadworkers.
+EADVVEARD R, Diademed bust left, reverse WEIOL/ +++/ WCEIO, die axis 2, weight 1.36g
+EADVVEAD REX, Diademed bust left, reverse H[A?]DRI/ +++/ NRIOI (N retrograde and R upside down), die axis 3, weight 1.33g
+EADVVEA RE, Diademed bust left, reverse NEIOCR/ +++/ NEICIO, die axis 12, weight 1.42g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted for consideration as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2014T769
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 899
Date to: Exactly AD 924
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 24th February 2014 - Friday 7th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60596
Other reference: E19350
Treasure case number: 2014T769
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Uncertain
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