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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-4EDD79
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early medieval copper-alloy blundered Northumbrian styca, dating to c. 830 - 870 AD. Both sides of the coin bear inscriptions but the letters vary in orientation and all are reversed. There is a blundered king's name on the obverse of the coin, around a central cross. This has been transliterated as: + R E D/R E I D/R E . R E X and is probably a blundering of EDILRED; in which case, the date range could be restricted further to c. 830 - 849 AD. Many of the letters are only half visible and have been truncated when the coin was struck. On the reverse of the coin, the inscription is nonsensical: + ? ? A/V E V/A Æ V E (underlined letters denote that they are not reversed). Some of the letters are too corroded to be discernible but most are clear. The coin has a dark green-brown patina and traces of beaded edges where they've not been cut off by the die stamp. The coin is 12.36mm in diameter and 1.20mm in thickness. The weight of the coin is 0.75g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 830
Date to: Circa AD 870
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 0.75 g
Diameter: 12.36 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05315
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Skirpenbeck (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7256
Four figure Latitude: 53.99502997
Four figure longitude: -0.90322639
1:25K map: SE7256
1:10K map: SE75NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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