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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-EA924C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver hammered penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), small flan type dating to 1048-1050. Obverse; diademed bust, left, EDWARDEX. Reverse: voided short cross: ELFPINEOLLN. Moneyer Aelfwine, mint of London. North (1994), p 179 number 818.
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 1048
Date to: Circa AD 1050
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.78 g
Diameter: 14 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Confessor
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 818 (Small Flan) (Hild. B)
Obverse description: Diademed bust, left.
Obverse inscription: EDWARDEX
Reverse description: Short cross, voided.
Reverse inscription: ELFPINEOLLN
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Nether Wallop (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2936
Four figure Latitude: 51.12255506
Four figure longitude: -1.58701291
1:25K map: SU2936
1:10K map: SU23NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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