Record ID: CAM-877847
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward the Confessor, AD 1042-1066. Huntingdon mint, moneyer Godwine. North number 827. Obverse: EAD[...] [REX ANGLOR[U]M, depicting crowned and seated on throne facing, head turned right, holding a long sceptre and orb. Reverse: [+GO]DPINE ON HVN[...], depicting Short cross voided with a bird in each angle. Die axis is 6 o'clock.
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-CE2AB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver hammered penny of Edward the confessor, 1042-1066 AD which has been adapted and reused as a brooch or decorative mount at a later date. Issued 1053-6 AD. Obverse shows bust right, bearded, wearing pointed helmet, holding sceptre. Obverse legend reads E[DWER]D REX. Reverse shows short cross voided, each arm terminating in three crescents, annulet at centre of cross. Reverse legend reads +LEOFP__LDO[NG]IPE. Although two of the letters in the moneyer's name are unclear, and possibly blundered, this is recognizably an attempt to represent the name LEOFPALD (Leofwold),…
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.