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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-85B32C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, broken into two pieces, early medieval, silver quatrefoil of Cnut (AD 1016-1035) AD c.1017-1023
Obverse: Crowned bust left in quatrefoil; CNUT REX AN[GLORUM]
Reverse: On quatrefoil with pellet at apex of each cusp,voided long cross, each limb terminating in three crescents.
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 1017
Date to: Circa AD 1023
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.77 g
Diameter: 17.62 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Cnut the Great
Mint or issue place: London
Category: Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066
Type: N 781 (Quatrefoil) (Hild. E)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left in quatrefoil
Obverse inscription: CNUT REX AN[GLORUM]
Reverse description: On quatrefoil with pellet at apex of each cusp,voided long cross, each limb terminating in three crescents.
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Ringmer (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ4511
Four figure Latitude: 50.88030765
Four figure longitude: 0.05978325
1:25K map: TQ4511
1:10K map: TQ41SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 167 | 781 |
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