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COIN
Unique ID: SF-E9F8A6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cut silver halfpenny of Aethelred II, Last Small Cross coinage, c.978-1016 AD. Moneyer: Aescman. Mint: Either Lincoln or Stamford. As North, 1980, nos. 764 or 777.
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 978
Date to: Circa AD 1016
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.59 g
Diameter: 19.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC Number: 2014.0136
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 777 (Last Small Cross) (Hild. A)
Obverse description: Diademed bust left
Obverse inscription: []DELRED R[]
Reverse description: Small cross pattee
Reverse inscription: ASCMAN[]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Wordwell
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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