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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-532329
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An incomplete and abraded early-medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96), Light Coinage (c.765-92), Moneyer: Babba (Chick 91/Blunt 6/north 267), mint: Canterbury. Ref: Chick 2010: 101, plate 13.
The coin is in poor condition much of its edge and one more substantial fragment. It is cracked in four places (seen vertically on the reverse most clearly) ,appearing to be fold marks although whether this is from pre- or post-deposition activity is hard to gauge.
Measurements: 16.82mm in diameter, 0.87mm thick and 1.04g in weight
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 765
Date to: Circa AD 792
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.87 mm
Weight: 1.04 g
Diameter: 16.82 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Offa of Mercia
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: Coin of the kings of Mercia 8th-9th centuries
Type: N 267 (CEB 6) (Light coinage, Cross crosslet obverse)
Obverse description: Inscription in the arms of a cross with centre composed of a circle enclosing a lozenge with a large pellet in the centre. Smaller pellets within the circle in each quarter of the cross
Obverse inscription: +O/FF/A R/EX
Reverse description: Moneyer in the angles of a cross of pellets with fleured ends on linear square
Reverse inscription: B/A/B/A (read anticlockwise from top right)
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Folkestone and Hythe (District)
Parish or ward: Elham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR1747
Four figure Latitude: 51.18102938
Four figure longitude: 1.10345631
1:25K map: TR1747
1:10K map: TR14NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chick, D. | 2010 | The Coinage of Offa and His Contemporaries | London | Spink | |||
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |
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