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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-54A869
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Middle Saxon silver penny of Æthelstan, non-portrait type, North no. 447.1, struck AD827-845. East Anglian mint, moneyer: Monne (MON). This coin is also recorded on the Early Medieval Coin Corpus as EMC 2015.0155.
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
Date from: Circa AD 827
Date to: Circa AD 845
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.15 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Thursday 2nd July 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC 2015.0155
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelstan of East Anglia
Mint or issue place: East Anglia
Category: Coin of the kings of East Anglia 8th-9th century
Type: N 447.1 (Æthelstan EA, non-portrait)
Obverse description: Short cross with pellet in each angle; pellet ring surrounding
Obverse inscription: +ELZANREAD
Reverse description: Short cross with pellet in each angle; pellet ring surrounding
Reverse inscription: +MON MONET
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: East Lindsey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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