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COIN

Unique ID: SUSS-55719E

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

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
Length: 14.34 mm
Width: 9.77 mm
Weight: 0.6 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Offa of Mercia
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries

Type: N 260 (CEB 10) (Light coinage, Plain cross obverse)
Obverse description: [O/F]/RX/m; letters separated by a long cross with single pellets in voids and a pellet at each terminal.
Obverse inscription: [O/F]/RX/m
Reverse description: [E/O]/B/A; letters seperated by cross with pellet-in-annulet terminals; the centre of the cross has an annulet containing a pellet cross.
Reverse inscription: [E/O]/B/A
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine