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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-84669F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragmentary penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Small flan type (c.1048-1050) North (1980) type 818. Penny is highly worn especially on the reverse, little legend remains discernable thus mint and moneyer are uncertain
Measurements:13.32mm (orignal diameter when complete) x 11.57mm, 0.75mm thick and 0.47g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1048
Date to: Circa AD 1050
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 11.57 mm
Width: 13.32 mm
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Weight: 0.47 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Confessor
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 818 (Small Flan) (Hild. B)
Obverse description: Diademed bust left
Obverse inscription: [___] /RD R[EX]
Reverse description: Short Cross voided
Reverse inscription: +E[_____] FA[____]
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Eastry (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR3155
Four figure Latitude: 51.24736455
Four figure longitude: 1.30857
1:25K map: TR3155
1:10K map: TR35NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1963 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |
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