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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-C98AAD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Medieval styca of Ethelred II (c. AD 840-854). Type depicting central cross. Reverse moneyer Monne around annulet of pellets. Mint probably Northumbria. North Vol 1, p72 no. 188.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 840
Date to: Circa AD 858
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 11.2 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E06096
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Styca
Ruler/issuer: Aethelred II (1st reign) of Northumbria
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Aethelred II of Northumbria (uncertain subtype)
Obverse description: central cross
Obverse inscription: [ETHI]LRED
Reverse description: annulet of pellets
Reverse inscription: MONNE
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Skirpenbeck (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7256
Four figure Latitude: 53.99502997
Four figure longitude: -0.90322639
1:25K map: SE7256
1:10K map: SE75NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1980 | English Hammered Coinage: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c. 600-1272 | London | Spink & Son London | 72 |
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