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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-9BAE6B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An early medieval silver penny of Cynethryth, wife of King Offa of Mercia (757-796); portrait type (North 339) dating c.765-92. Miinted by Eoba at Canterbury. Ref: North 1994: 91.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 765
Date to: Circa AD 792
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.17 g
Diameter: 12.42 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Sunday 1st March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B15-218
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Cynethryth
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries
Type: N 339 (Cynethryth: portrait)
Obverse description: Bust of Cynethryth, draped, facing right
Obverse inscription: EOBA
Reverse description: M form in central circle, bar above. Pellets in field.
Reverse inscription: CYNETHRYTH REGINA
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Crowmarsh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6187
Four figure Latitude: 51.57857091
Four figure longitude: -1.12109722
1:25K map: SU6187
1:10K map: SU68NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |
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