Record ID: ESS-07865A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver penny of Harthacnut (1035-1042 AD), 'arm and sceptre' type (North 811; Spink 1169) dating to the period c.AD1040-42, moneyer: Godric, mint: Stamford. Refs: North 1994: p.171; Spink 2016: p. 138.  Measurements: Diameter: 18.3mm; weight: 1.06g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: WAW-858677
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96), Light Coinage, dating c.784-92, moneyer: Winoth, mint: London (North 288). Ref: North 1994: p.86. A very similar coin has been found on the PAS database here: WILT-7FF13B.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-CD8225
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early medieval silver penny of Æthelstan I of East Anglia (c.825-c.845), without bust, moneyer: Torhthelm (Naismith E40.1var; North 440), mint: East Anglia (Ipswich?) dating to the period c.AD830-837/8.  The coin appears to have been struck from the same dies as EMC 2018.0046. The coin (and EMC-recorded example) differ from Naismith E40.1 in the addition of three pellets either side of the central letter A on the obverse, a feature seen on E38.1e and E38.1f; single pellets are seen on E40.1j and k. This is only the second example of …
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-12CCF2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An complete and possibly defaced early medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96), Substantive Light Coinage, 'Profile/Cross of lobes' type (North 296; Chick 24) dating to c.AD784/5-92/3, moneyer: Dud(da), mint: London. Refs: North 1994: p.87; Chick 2010: pl. 4; Naismith 2017: p.134, table 9.  The coin is slightly bent and the obverse field shows numerous straight scratches across the portrait focusing on the area of the face. These appear to be deliberate suggesting that the coin has been defaced. Obverse OFFA REX. Bust Cc  draped with diadem, one &…
Created on: Friday 12th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: BERK-FF7447
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (AD 1042-1066) Bust facing/small cross dated AD 1062-1065. Moneyer: Eadwine. Mint: London. BMC xiii. North No. 830. Ref: North 1994: p.181.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-73E6E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), PACX type (North 813) dating to the period 1042-1044 (Naismith redated 1042-mid 1040s), moneyer: Wulfwine (PVLFPINE), mint: London (LV, probably) or possibly Huntingdon (HV) or Southwark (SV). Ref: North 1994: p. 179; Pagan 2011: nos 332-5 (London, esp. 335), 117 (Huntingdon) and 401 (Southwark); Naismith 2017: table 17. Measurements: diameter: 18.4mm; weight: 1.06g
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: BH-848671
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A damaged and incomplete early medieval penny of Coenwulf of Mercia (AD 796-821), portrait type (North 367; Naismith 12.1), moneyer: Wihtræd, mint: East Anglia (Ipswich?). Ref: North 1994: p.95; Naismith 2011: pl. 29, esp. E12.1c). The coin is incomplete, damage to the flan removing part of the outer circle resulting in a partial reading of the inscription. Obverse: COEN[...]REX M. Reverse: cross pattee with wedge in each angle, legend: [...]TDH+E[...].  Also recorded under EMC number : 2023.0355.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-555A5D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an early medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-796), 'substantive light coinage' dating c. 784/5-92/3, moneyer: Ibba, mint: London, floriate cross with lozenge centre reverse containing cross and pellets, with moneyer's name in angles (North 301, Chick 54-6). Ref: North 1994: 87-8; Chick 2010: plate 8-9, nos 54a-56d (the location of the bust relative to the reverse cross and inscription may suggest the coin belongs to Chick 54 but this remains uncertain); Naismith 2017: p.134, table 9; cf. Naismith 2016: plate 4, no: 81.  Measuremen…
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0634E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn early medieveal silver penny of Harold II (1066), PAX type (North 837/Spink 1187), Pagan group D, moneyer: Brihtric. mint: Colchester. Ref: Pagan 1990: p.181-3, 194; North 1994: 182. Obverse description: bust diademed left, no sceptre, possibly initial cross pattee. Obverse inscription: [+H]AROLD REX ANGL Reverse description: PAX in central bar. Reverse inscription: +BRIH(T)RI(C) ON COL Diameter: 18.9mm, Weight: 1.28gms, die axis: 9
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owston Ferry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D2861A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval silver penny of Edgar (959-75), pre-reform phase, circumscription cross type with mint (North 749) dating to c. AD 959-72/3, moneyer: Leofweald/Leofwold, mint: Wilton. Ref: North 1994: p.148; cf. Naismith 2017 no. 1727. The coin is damaged with a fragment missing from the outer circle. The flan has cracks running out from this break.  Measurements: diameter:21.41 mm and weight: 1.49g. A short section of the flan is missing to the inner circle. 
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-59D0D6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066). Bust facing/small cross type (North 830) dating from c.AD1062-65, moneyer: Leofwine, mint: Derby. Ref: North 1994: 181.
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2023
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crawley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-C8C11C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy and silver imitation of an early medieval silver penny of Æthelred II (AD 978-1016), Second Hand type (North 768), dating to c. AD 985-991, mint and moneyer uncertain owning to condition of coin. Ref: North 1994: p.158. The coin is an imitation rather than an official issue comprising a thin silver layer over a base metal core, probably of copper-alloy. The silver on the reverse of the coin is now missing removing any design and inscription which it once held. The style and execution of the coin's design is comparable to known finds and i…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: CORN-25D71E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early Medieval silver penny of Ceolwulf I of Mercia (821-23), moneyer: Hereberht, mint: 'East Anglia' (Naimsmith E17; North 392). Refs: Naismith 2011: plate 81-2, esp. E17i-j; North 1994: 96. The coin is damaged, cracked and chipped with a fragment of the outer edge missing. Obverse: Diadamed and draped bust right; + CE[OLV]VLF REX m Reverse: Moneyer's name across three lines (second line retrograde and third line inverted), divided by 2 lines with hooked finials; HER EBE+ [R]HT Measurements: Diameter: 20.09 mm; Thickne…
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2023
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Record ID: BH-22C6F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96); heavy coinage (c.792-6), moneyer: Ciolhard/Ceolheard (North 321; Chick 203); mint: London. Refs: Chick 2010: pl. 23; North 1994: 89. The coin is badly chipped, the breaks mostly following the line of the lunettes enclosing the moneyer's name on the reverse. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
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Record ID: WILT-D572BB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), 'sovereign/eagles' type (North 827) dating to AD 1056-1059 (Naismith 2017, table 17: revised dating of 'late 1050s'). moneyer: Sidumann, mint: Wareham. Refs: North 1994: p.180; Naismith 2017: table 17, p.274-6. Obverse: crowned sovereign enthroned with orb and sceptre; EADWARD REX ANGLO Reverse: voided short cross with a bird (eagle) in each quarter; SIDEMAN ON PARN Coins from the Wareham mint are quite rare and this is only the fourth example recorded by the PAS. The coin is a probable …
Created on: Monday 17th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: DENO-BFBAC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver penny of Archbishop Ceolnoth of Canterbury, (833-70), 'Inscribed Cross' type (aka 'Open Cross') dating to c.AD854-64, moneyer Hebeca, mint: Canterbury (North 245; Naismith C154). The coin is complete but cracked, the crack running along the line of the shoulders of the bust and the inner circle.  Obverse: Tonsured bust facing. Reverse: Inscribed cross, letter in each angle.  Diameter 19 mm, thickness 0.5 mm and weight 1.2 g.  Pennies of Archbishop Ceolnoth are very rare as stray finds and this is only the third recor…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: GLO-47F292
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval silver penny of Alfred 'the Great' of Wessex (871-899), Cross-and-Lozenge type (North 629) dating to c.AD875-80, 'West Mercian' style, moneyer: Lulla. Refs: North 1994: 124; Naylor 2022 (in Naylor and Standley 2022): 93-6; Blackburn and Keynes 1998: cf. nos 53 and 54. Obverse: Bust diademed and cuirassed right. AELFRED REX SAX Reverse: Cross Pattee with central lozenge, cross saltire in the centre. Cross bar on each arm of the cross. MON/ETA/LVL/LA North 629
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-45B905
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), 'small flan' type (North 818; BMC ii; Hild. B) dating to c.AD1048-50 (Naismith's revised dating: late 1040s), moneyer: Cild, mint: Bedwyn (Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire). Refs: North 1994: 179; Naismith 2017: table 17.
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-5EC8B9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an Early Medieval silver cut halfpenny of Aethelred II (978-1016), probably Last Small Cross type (North 777) dating to c.AD1009-17, mint and moneyer uncertain. Ref: North 1994: 160. The coin has been halved and only the central part of the flan survives, the outer circle having broken away around the line of the inner circle removing all of the inscriptions, leaving just a small single cross pattee on the reverse, and part of the bust drapery on the obverse. Dimensions; Diameter 9.4mm, Thickness 0.3mm and weight 0.18g.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2023
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Record ID: LIN-F27649
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an early-medieval silver penny of Alfred of Wessex (871-99), Lunettes type (not further defined) dating to cAD871-74/5, mint and moneyer uncertain. Ref: North 1994: 123; Lyons and Mackay 2008. The coin is broken along irregular fractures leaving approximately a quarter surviving.  Max surviving width: 13 mm; Weight: 0.39g
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.