Record ID: SUSS-E7BD44
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
It is a silver penny of King Edward I, from the Canterbury mint, class 9b1 (c.1299 to end 1300/early 1301). The coin would be of the official English sterling standard, i.e. about 92.5% fine silver. The coin has been altered by the addition of a suspension loop that appears to be of silver also. Its current weight, with the loop, is 1.82g. The conversion of English coins of the later 13th-century into jewellery is well-attested by surviving examples. The commonest type is the conversion of a coin into a brooch by the addition of a pin to one side, with the other (usually the sid…
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ditchling', grid reference and parish protected.