Record ID: CORN-0EB0AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver cut halfpenny of Aethelred II (978-1016), moneyer Aelfstan, mint of Totnes, Crux type, Spink 1148, North 770. Ref: North 1994: 159. This is the Totnes mint, almost certainly the moneyer Aelfstan, and possibly a die duplicate for one in the British Museum collection (1850,0220.32), although it is too worn on some of the corresponding areas to be sure of the die link, especially since this coin is slightly double-struck.The coin dates from the 990s, and might plausibly have circulated a little later. Coin reforms were probably not rigidly enforced somewhere…
Created on: Monday 11th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
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