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Unique ID: LANCUM-6AE69C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Folded silver penny of Cnut dating from c. AD1017-23. Quatrefoil type (N678, BMC Type VIII).
Notes:
(ws) The inscription appears to have reversed letters suggesting its an imitation?
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1017
Date to: Circa AD 1023
Quantity: 1
Length: 12 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.72 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2017
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Cnut the Great
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 786 (Quatrefoil [var: rev. trefoil instead of pellet]) (Hild. Ei)
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.