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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-961AC1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1038
Date to: AD 1040
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.94 g
Diameter: 17.68 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ID 3479
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Harold Harefoot
Mint or issue place: Stamford
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Obverse description: Bust facing left, diademed, in armour in front is a shield and sceptre
Obverse inscription: HARO LD RECX
Reverse description: voided long cross, circle in centre enclosing a pellet, fleur de lis between two pellets in each angle.
Reverse inscription: FA/RGR/INO/STA
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
To be known as: North Essex
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hildebrand, B.E. | 1881 | Anglosachsiska Mynt. Svenka Kongliga Myntkabinettet | Stockholm | Kongl. Vitterhets Historie och Antiquitets Akademiens F | 370 | 880 | |
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 803 |
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