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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-77F67D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a silver penny of Aethelweard, c.850-855 AD. The obverse type appears as North (1980, p.104) no. 450. Length: 15.51 mm; Weight: 0.21g
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 845
Date to: Circa AD 855
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.51 mm
Weight: 0.21 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Æthelweard of East Anglia
Mint or issue place: East Anglia
Category: Coin of the kings of East Anglia 8th-9th century
Type: N 450 (Æthelweard EA)
Obverse inscription: [---]AR[---]
Reverse description: Cross pattee, pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: ?T
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Near Louth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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