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COIN

Unique ID: SUR-356437

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An early-medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), 'small flan' type (BMC ii; Hild. B) dating to 1048-50. Moneyer possibly Swileman, Winchester mint: . As North (1994) p179 number 818; cf. Naismith 2017 (MEC 8) no. 2146.

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 1048
Date to: Circa AD 1050

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.93 g
Diameter: 13.9 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Edward the Confessor
Mint or issue place: Winchester
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: +EDǷA/RD R
Reverse description: Voided short cross, pellet at centre,
Reverse inscription: +(SǷ)ILEMAN ON ǷIN
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ebbesborne Wake (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST9922
Four figure Latitude: 50.99739223
Four figure longitude: -2.01562406
1:25K map: ST9922
1:10K map: ST92SE
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

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Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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