Record ID: SWYOR-B16336
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver Merovingian (Frankish) denier, dating from c.675-750 (Belfort 5726-30). Ref: Belfort 1892: 207-8. The reverse of the coin matches those shown in Belfort nos. 5726-30 but the obverse is slightly harder to place, in part owing to its condition. Most akin to Belfort 5726 although this has no cross in front of the face. Many other deniers exhibit crosses in front of the bust. The place in the sequence of deniers is difficult to assess but given that this coin is a little corroded it indicates that the silver content is not high, suggesting the coin should be…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-F6C6E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver denier of Carolingian Francia, issued by Louis the Pious. This coin is of his Christiana Religio type, which was his third and last coinage, from 822 to his death in 840. Morrison and Grunthal, 472, and var. 474-509. This coin is also recorded on the Early Medieval Coin Corpus as 2014.0265.
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 26th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-FB62F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver contemporary imitation of a Christiana Religio denier of Carolingian king Lothar I (AD 840-855) belonging to Coupland's Group L. Probably a Scandinavian minting in the Netherlands. Ref: Coupland 2001: 191. Diameter 22.55mm, thickness 0.9mm, weight 1.58g. Referemce: Simon Coupland, 'The coinage of Lothar I (840-855)', Numismatic Chronicle 161 (2001), pp. 157-98, reprinted in S. Coupland, Carolingian Coinage and the Vikings: Studies on Power and Trade in the 9th Century (Aldershot, 2007), no. VII. Group L is discussed on p. 191.
Created on: Friday 14th October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.