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COIN
Unique ID: SF-CAC2B6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) penny of Ecgberht king of Wessex (AD 802-839), non portrait type, possibly dating to c. AD 828-839. West Saxon mint; Ecgraed moneyer. Cf North 589.
Dr Martin Allen comments:
"This is the second known coin of the West Saxon mint in the coinage of Ecgberht by the moneyer 'ECGREBÐ' (normalised as Ecgraed). This is from different but similar dies to the one coin of this type (W7) in Rory Naismith's book The Coinage of Southern England 796-865".
EMC 2019.0210
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
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 829
Date to: Circa AD 839
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.09 mm
Weight: 1.24 g
Diameter: 20.01 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 7th June 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Ecgberht of Wessex
Mint or issue place: West Saxon mint
Category: Coin of the kings of Wessex 9th-10th centuries
Type: N 589/N 590 (Ecgberht, West Saxon Mint)
Obverse description: Circle of beaded lin enclosing SAXONORIUM in three lines.
Obverse inscription: ECGBEORHT REX
Reverse description: Cross pattee in beaded circle.
Reverse inscription: ECG[...]REBÐ MONETA
Initial mark: +
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Diss
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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