Record ID: CAM-CE2AB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver hammered penny of Edward the confessor, 1042-1066 AD which has been adapted and reused as a brooch or decorative mount at a later date. Issued 1053-6 AD. Obverse shows bust right, bearded, wearing pointed helmet, holding sceptre. Obverse legend reads E[DWER]D REX. Reverse shows short cross voided, each arm terminating in three crescents, annulet at centre of cross. Reverse legend reads +LEOFP__LDO[NG]IPE. Although two of the letters in the moneyer's name are unclear, and possibly blundered, this is recognizably an attempt to represent the name LEOFPALD (Leofwold),…
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.