Record ID: NLM-4977FC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval copper-alloy Northumbrian penny (styca), blundered or irregular, possibly naming Eanred (808-840). Obverse description: centre blank; initial cross pattee. Obverse inscription: +EREðD Reverse description: central cross pattee in annulet; initial cross pattee. Reverse inscription: [ ]OVCD[  ] (uncertain reading) Diameter: 13.8mm, Weight: 1.15gms
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-48B19E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Primary Phase Series C1 (Naismith Series Ca) dating c.AD690-700, mint: SE England. Ref: Naismith 2017: table 4; Metcalf 1993: 106-9.  Obverse description: bust diademed right, runic Tæpa in front. Reverse description: rectangular standard enclosing ToTII, cross potent above standard, unbarred A and T/cross to side. Diameter: 11.1mm, Weight: 1.06gms
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-483997
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A contemporary plated copper-alloy imitation of a early-medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Secondary Phase Series J (type 85; Naismith Series Jb) dating to cAD 710-25, mint: Humber region (probably Northumbria). Refs: Naismith 2017: table 4, p.105; Gannon 2013: pl 21 nos 474-77, p115-7. The coin shows green copper corrosion products on parts of its surface, and in places the silver wash is damaged showing a copper-alloy core beneath. Such contemporary imitations are not uncommon for this type. Obverse description: diademed head right, prominent eye, nose, ear and l…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4714F8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Secondary Phase Series J (type 85; Naismith Series Jb) dating to cAD 710-25, mint: Humber region (probably Northumbria). Refs: Naismith 2017: table 4, p.105; Gannon 2013: pl 21 nos 474-77, p115-7. Obverse description: diademed head right, prominent eye, nose, ear and lips, double pellet border. Reverse description: bird in outline above long-shafted cross pommee with an annulet to either side Diameter: 11.8mm, Weight: 1.00gms
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E1090A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Secondary Phase Series E (imitation of Variety A; Metcalf and Op den Velde sub-variety d) dating to c.AD720-40, struck in the Netherlands. Ref: Metcalf and Op den Velde 2009-10: esp. p.46-7.  Obverse description: porcupine with long curl, eleven pellet ended quills to its left, four pellet-ended bars enclosed to right, all with the pellet closest to the predominant curl. Reverse description: standard with degenerate TOT legend comprising a central pellet in annulet, probably four Ts set round it within a beaded border, and a saltir…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-FAF1BF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An fragment of an early-medieval silver penny of Ecgberht of Wessex (802-39), 'portrait / Dorob C' type (North 573 / Naismith C78-C90) dating to c. AD828-39, mint: Canterbury; moneyer: unknown (no longer survives). Ref: North 1994: 118; Naismith 2011: plates 37-42. The only part of the coin now surviving is its centre within the inner circle, the rest having broken away around the line of the circle. Diameter: 11.2mm, Weight: 0.31g
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-217AF6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early medieval silver penny of Cnut (1016-35), 'Short Cross' type dating to c.AD1029-35/6 (Naismith's revised dating mid-late 1020s-1035) (North 790), mint: Lincoln (probably), monyer: Svertingr/Swertinc (probably). Ref: North 1994: 168; Naismith 2017: table 17. The coin is incomplete, missing a section of the outer circle. Obverse description: diademed and cuirassed bust left, sceptre before face. Initial cross pattee. Obverse inscription: +CNV/T REC: Reverse description: voided short cross with central annulet within circle. Initial cross patte…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ACB721
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Primary Phase Series E (Variety G3; Naismith Series Ec), dating to c.AD700-20, mint: Netherlands (probably Domburg or Dorestad). Ref: Metcalf and Op den Velde 2009: 28-31; Naismith 2017: table 4. Obverse description: 'porcupine' formed of plain curved line with two pellets on line at right-hand end, below which two straight lines form a triangle with the curve. Below the curve, and only partially on the flan, are a diamond shape and zig-zag; above the curve, eight gently curving lines with a pellet end. Reverse description: s…
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9C316D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Eadbhert of Northumbria (737-758), Booth group B, mint: Northumbria (probably York and/or East Riding). Ref: Booth 1984: figure 1; Naismith 2017: 116-17. The flan is encrusted, especially on the obverse, and the is a chip at the edge of the coin, roughly semi-circular in shape. Obverse description: Central cross pattee with central pellet, outer border of pellets. Obverse inscription: EOTBERERTVr. Reverse description: leggy maned monster left with long tail and raised forepaw. Diameter: 12.8mm, Weight: 0.68gms, d…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-584A67
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval copper-alloy Northumbrian penny (styca) of an undefined ruler (inscription illegible), dating to c.AD790-870, probably post-AD810. The coin is corroded, encrusted and badly chipped removing parts of the inscription which is now mostly illegible. ?Obverse description: central cross potent, annulets in two visible angles, encrusted; initial cross pattee. ?Obverse inscription: +ER[--] ?Reverse description: four pellets, possibly arranged as cross. ?Reverse inscription: VV[--]ED[-] Diameter: 11.7mm, Weight: 0.85gms
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-58223D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval copper alloy Northumbrian penny (styca) of Æthelred II of Northumbria (second reign; c.844-848?), moneyer: Eardwulf (Spink 868), mint: York. Ref: Spink and Son 2016: 104; Naismith 2017: 121 Obverse description: central cross within ring or wreath and with pellet centre. Initial plain cross. Obverse inscription: +EDILRED REX Reverse description: star of five points with pellet at end of each ray; initial cross pattee. Reverse inscription: +EARDVVLF Diameter: 12.2mm, Weight: 0.88gms, die axis: 9
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-57F87E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval copper alloy Northumbrian penny (styca), blundered and partly illegible but probably of Æthelred II (c.AD841-848?) or later blundered types dating to c.850s-870. Ref: Naismith 2017: 119-25. The coin is badly chipped and there is some corrosion on the surface, together removing parts of the inscription. Obverse description: central pellet surrounded by six smaller pellets, arc of pellets at edge. Obverse inscription: +EDE[ ] R Reverse description: central pellet with open arc of nine smaller pellets around it; arc of pellets at edge of flan. …
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-57C6B8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval copper-alloy Northumbrian penny (styca) of an undefined ruler (inscription illegible), dating to c.AD790-870, probably post-AD810. Ref: Naismith 2017: 119-25 The coin is very badly chipped, the flan now diamond shaped with rough fractures edges, the damage removing most of the inscription and rendering much of what remains illegible and difficult to discern. ?Obverse description: Central cross ?pattee. ?Obverse inscription: possibly [--]VIDV[--] ?Reverse description: five pellets, possibly forming central cross. ?Reverse inscription: possibl…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-579FD3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval copper-alloy Northumbrian penny (styca) of Æthelred II of Northumbria (c.841-48?), probably second reign (c.844-48?), moneyer: Wulfred, mint: Northumbria (probably York/East Riding). Ref: Naismith 2017: 119-25; Abramson 2018: nos 997-8. The coin has patches of green surface corrosion. Obverse description: central cross pattee; initial cross pattee. Obverse inscription: +EDILRED X Reverse description: Central cross pattee; initial cross pattee. Reverse inscription: +VVL.FRED Diameter: 11.6mm, Weight: 1.04gms, die axis: 9
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-577846
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval copper alloy Northumbrian penny (styca) of Eanred (810-41), early phase, moneyer: Hwætræd, mint: Northumbria (probably York/East Riding). Ref: Naismith 2017: 119-25, pl. 23 nos 684-90. The coin is incomplete, about one third of the flan is missing in a single fragment with uneven breakage lines. Obverse description: Small central cross pattee. Obverse inscription: [E]ANRED RE[X] Reverse description: small central cross ?potent. Reverse inscription: +HVAET[RE]D Diameter: 12.9mm, Weight: 0.75gms, die axis: probably 6
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0A69E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver St Edmund Memorial Penny, 'late phase' type dating c.905/10-917 with small flan and blundered / illiterate inscription, mint: East Anglia (North 483). Ref: North 1994: 108-9; Naismith 2017: 290-2. Diameter: 18.4mm, Weight: 1.24gms, die axis: possibly 3
Created on: Friday 26th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-792841
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver penny of Aethelheard, Archbishop of Canterbury (793-805) with Coenwulf of Mercia (796-821) as overlord, dating to c.AD798-805, mint: Canterbury (North 232; Naismith C22.1). Refs: North 1994: 78; Naismith 2011: plates 15-16. Obverse description: 'ep' and short line above in centre within inner circle; legend around. Obverse inscription: [five pellets forming cross] AEDILHEARD.A.R. Reverse description: 'm' with line above in centre within inner central circle; legend around. Reverse inscription: [five pellets forming cross] COENVVL:F R:EX …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 6th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5562BD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver penny of Edmund (939-946), horizontal/two-line type (HT1; no mint signature; North 688), moneyer: Cristin, mint: Mercia/Wessex. Ref: North 1994: 138; cf. Naismith 2017: 204-5; no.1530. The coin is badly chipped, losing a portion of the edge (2-3 o'clock obv.) and a larger fragment of the outer circle and inscription 7-9 o'clock obv.). Obverse description: Small central cross pattee; initial cross pattee. Obverse inscription: +EADMV[N]D RX Reverse description: Line of three small crosses pattee centrally, three pellets above and below; legen…
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Lincoln', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-783BCB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch with remains of iron pin. Cast lightly concavo-convex plate with twin stubs retaining a fragment of ferrous corrosion on the back marking the seat of a separate iron pin [otherwise lost], and with two small D-shaped lugs, one with a hole of diameter 1.2mm and therefore an attachment loop, set 12.5mm apart on the opposite side of the back. These pin-fittings and attachment loop are characteristic of a Scandiavian-style brooch. The front bears a cross with expanded ends to its arms, straight upright members, with interlaced double strapwork in the angles and intrudin…
Created on: Monday 16th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lissington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E621E9
Object type: LINKED PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy pin. Cast round-section shank with a medial constriction - unless the result of bending or adventitious damage - tapered towards it point. The upper end is expanded to achieve a rectangular section for a length of 9mm, where a single rivet of diameter 2mm and length 3.5mm passes through it and also through a large flat round plate with ornamental detail on its display face, of thickness 1.1mm. A pair of small lugs projecting from the edge of the disc mark the intended site of the union of shank and head. This large separate head itself has a spherical boss of diameter 4.…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.