Record ID: SF-B51EF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered penny struck for Edward the Confessor (1047-66), Expanding Cross type (heavy sub-type) (North 141, no 823), issued by the moneyer Morcere at Bury St Edmunds c. AD 1050-55, and subsequently modified to form coin-brooch or badge. The reverse has been gilded, indicating that this side was intended to be displayed, with the gilding extending round the edge onto the obverse, leaving most of the obverse uncovered. A variety of pin fittings are known from coin-brooches of this period. These are most commonly riveted to the coin, but occasionally soldered. In this case no si…
Created on: Friday 3rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.