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COIN

Unique ID: WAW-359CC5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 985
Date to: AD 991

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.39 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 24th June 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: EMC 2006.0150

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066

Type: N 768 (Second Hand) (Hild. B2)
Obverse description: Bust right, draped and cuirassed, holding a sceptre.
Obverse inscription: +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOX
Reverse description: Hands of Providence issuing from a cloud. Either side is an 'A' and 'W', with a pellet beneath each.
Reverse inscription: +OSCYTEL M-O LVNDO