Rights Holder: Hampshire Cultural Trust
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Unique ID: HAMP-687408
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An early-medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), 'small flan' type (North 818; BMC ii; Hild. B) dating to 1048-50, moneyer: Wulfsige (PVLSI), mint: London. Reference: North 1994: 179; cf. Naismith 2017 (MEC 8) no. 2146.
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 1048
Date to: Circa AD 1050
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.91 g
Diameter: 13.9 mm
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Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 761
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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: +EDPA/RD R
Reverse description: Voided short cross, pellet at centre,
Reverse inscription: PVLSI ON LVN (S on side)
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Naismith, R | 2017 | Medieval European Coinage 8: Britain and Ireland c.400-1066 | Cambridge | CUP | |||
North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |