SUR-825B22: Early medieval coin: Penny of Aethelstan

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COIN

Unique ID: SUR-825B22

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An incomplete silver penny of Aethelstan (924-939), 'circumscription cross' type (North 672), mint: Canterbury, moneyer: Torhtelm. Ref: North 1994: 134-5.

The coin is cracked and incomplete, missing part of the edge outside of the inscription between c.8-11 o'clock (obverse) and an uneven break can be seen from 2-5 o'clock (obverse) removing much of the inscripton. There is a small crack running across the inscription at approximately 7 o'clock (obverse, along upright of E in REX).

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: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 924
Date to: Circa AD 939

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 21 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 16-1627

Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

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

Type: N 672 (Circumscription Cross, with mint)
Obverse description: A small cross patee
Obverse inscription: ÆDELST[A]N REX TO BRIT
Reverse description: Small cross pattee
Reverse inscription: TO[RHT E]LM M-O.D-OR.CIVIT
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Orcheston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0645
Four figure Latitude: 51.20418085
Four figure longitude: -1.91549931
1:25K map: SU0645
1:10K map: SU04NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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