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Unique ID: HAMP-E42F6C
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An Early-Medieval silver penny of Coenwulf of Mercia (AD 796-821), of North's Group I (without portrait), Substantive Type, dating to AD 796-c.805.The coin is now bent in half from 2 o'clock to 8 o'clock on the obverse, enclosing the reverse; it is therefore not possible to identify the moneyer and mint (Canterbury or London).
Reference: North 342; BMC 93; Cn. 5-22.
Update 21.9.18: The finder has had the coin annealed and straightened (see additional images provided by finder). This gives a tribrach moline of three lines and the moneyer's name Ludaman (Ludoman is mentioned for London but with a tribrach moline of two arms and a different spelling). The die axis is 6.
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 796
Date to: Circa AD 805
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.32 g
Diameter: 18.3 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Coenwulf of Mercia
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries
Type: N 342 (Cn. 5-22)
Obverse description: Inverted M, short line underneath.
Obverse inscription: +COENWVLF REX
Reverse description: Tribrach moline of three lines.
Reverse inscription: LVD / AM. / :AN (additionally there is a single pellet below V, the second A and above N)
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
No coin references available.
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1980 | English Hammered Coinage: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c. 600-1272 | London | Spink & Son London | 342 |