Record ID: SF-DC15C9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold early medieval pierced Anglo-Frisian gold Solidus, dating to the period c.AD 825-850, imitating a Solidus of Louis the Pious (AD 814-840). Obverse: D(reverse)IIVIIIVDOIIIVIG (copying DN LVDOVICVS IMP AVG) Crude laureate, draped bust right with long vertical bar for nose, raised oval eye and blurred jawline. Struck slightly off-centre. Reverse: IIIIIVIIIIOIVIII (copying MVNVS DIVINVM) Suspended wreath containing a large cross pattée linked to wreath on vertical axis Dimensions: Diameter: 22.33mm, thickness: 1.84mm, weight: 3.81g The object conta…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5DE284
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval gold coin, a contemporary 9th-century Anglo-Frisian copy of a Carolingian solidus of Louis the Pious (814-840). The coin has been partially bent due to post-depositional damage.
Created on: Friday 16th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.