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Unique ID: KENT-AE7FE8
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete and worn debased silver early-medieval silver penny of Aethelred I (865 - 871), Lunettes type (c.865-71; North 622; obverse: Lyons and Mackay group 2 Wessex regular Lunettes variant i, inscription style 1; reverse: Lunettes A), moneyer: Lang. Ref: Lyons and Mackay 2007.
About a third of the coin is missing and its green discolouration indicates the low levels of silver in the coin and high copper content.
Measurements: 19.52mm in diameter, 1.02mm thick and 0.82g in weight.
Notes:
Lyons and Mackay (2007: 108) lists only a single Lunettes penny for Aethelred I of Wessex produced by the moneyer Lang, found in the Beeston Tor Hoard (Staffs) of 1924, and describe it as a 'unique coin for this moneyer'. This coin appears to be the second found.
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 865
Date to: Circa AD 871
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.02 mm
Weight: 0.82 g
Diameter: 19.52 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelred I of Wessex
Mint or issue place: West Saxon mint
Category: Coin of the kings of Wessex 9th-10th centuries
Type: N 622 (Æthelred, Lunette, lunettes unbroken)
Obverse description: Diademed bust right, body interrupting legend
Obverse inscription: [REX+AE]ĐELDRED
Reverse description: Legend in three lines, top and bottom line enclosed in a lunette
Reverse inscription: .MO[N]/+LAN[G+]/.ETA[.]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TR0329
Four figure Latitude: 51.02451812
Four figure longitude: 0.89331248
1:25K map: TR0329
1:10K map: TR02NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Lyons, A.W. and Makcay, W. | 2007 | The coinage of Aethelred I | London | British Numismatic Society | |||
North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |