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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-F67F09
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Aethelred II, 979-985, First Hand Type, Winchester mint, Moneyer Ælfsige. North 766.
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 979
Date to: Circa AD 985
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.29 g
Diameter: 20.15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 10th August 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 17-1381
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred the Unready
Mint or issue place: Winchester
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 766 (First Hand) (Hild. B1)
Obverse description: A diademed bust facing right
Obverse inscription: ÆTHELRED REX ANG LOX
Reverse description: The hand of Providence issuing from clouds, alpha and omega at the sides
Reverse inscription: +ÆLFZIGE M-O PINT[C]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Cliddesden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6348
Four figure Latitude: 51.22772209
Four figure longitude: -1.09915231
1:25K map: SU6348
1:10K map: SU64NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1980 | English Hammered Coinage: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c. 600-1272 | London | Spink & Son London | 766 |
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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