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Unique ID: KENT-B6A8F6
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A complete Early Medieval silver penny of Aethelred II (r. 978-1016), Long Cross type (c. 997-1003). Minted at London by the moneyer Leofric. North 774
Obverse inscription: +AETHEL RED REX ANG[LORX], Bare-headed bust left.
Reverse inscription: LEO/FRIC/MOL/VND, Long voided cross with each limb terminating in three crescents.
Notes:
Recorded by club recorder, not seen by FLO.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 997
Date to: Circa AD 1003
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 19.7 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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 774 (Long Cross) (Hild. D)
Obverse description: Bare-headed bust left
Obverse inscription: +AETHELRAED REX ANGL[ORX]
Reverse description: Long cross voided with each limb terminating in three crescents
Reverse inscription: +LEO/FRIC/ MOL/LND
Initial mark: cross pattee
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TR2445
Four figure Latitude: 51.16037608
Four figure longitude: 1.20220229
1:25K map: TR2445
1:10K map: TR24NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1963 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | pg. 159, no. 774 |