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Unique ID: PUBLIC-A875F6
Object type certainty: Certain
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Incomplete silver cut halfpenny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), PACX type (North 813) dating to 1042-4; mint missing and moneyer uncertain. Ref: North 1994: 179.
About a quarter of a whole coin survives, with one edge cut neatly along the voided cross on the reverse, and the other edge more untidy, fracturing along one arm of the voided cross and its crescent terminal. Diameter 8.18mm, thickness 0.67mm, weight 0.22g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Exactly AD 1042
Date to: Exactly AD 1044
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.67 mm
Weight: 0.22 g
Diameter: 8.18 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st April 2013
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Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Confessor
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 813 (Pacx) (Hild. D)
Obverse description: Bust right, of which the eye, nose and helmet survive. The top of the sceptre in front survives, with four pellets in line with the nose.
Obverse inscription: +[ ]EX (unbarred E)
Reverse description: Long cross voided with circle in centre and limb ending in a crescent, A (of PACX) in angle.
Reverse inscription: +AEL[ ] (AE ligated)
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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