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Record ID: DENO-8F4358
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This report concerns a silver penny of Edward the Confessor, which has been gilded and mounted as a brooch or badge. It was found in isolation around 5" below the surface. The penny is of the Hammered Cross type of Edward the Confessor (AD 1042-66), minted c. 1060, and issued by the moneyer Thor of York. The coins has been gilded on the reverse, to display the cross design, and has been pierced in four places to allow a pin fitting and catch-plate to be riveted to the obverse. Traces of copper alloy rivets remain, although almost nothing of the actual fastenings survive. Brooches or b…
Created on: Friday 4th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Unstone', grid reference and parish protected.