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COIN
Unique ID: SF-CBACEC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver hammered penny of Aethelred II, dating c. 979-985. 'First Hand' type, moneyer Aelfgar at the mint of London. 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: 20.32 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st November 2018
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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: London
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 766 (First Hand) (Hild. B1)
Obverse description: Diademed and draped bust right
Obverse inscription: +AEDELRED REX ANGLOX
Reverse description: Hand of God issuing from clouds, flanked by alpha and omega (A/W)
Reverse inscription: +AELFGAR MO LVNDONI
Initial mark: Plain cross
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Fordham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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