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Record ID: WILT-32A8B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medievalsilver penny of Ecgberht King of Wessex (802-839) of non-portrait type with 'SAXON' monograph on reverse (North 589; Naismith W12); minted by Wihtnoth at the 'West Saxon'mint (probably Winchester),dating c.828-839.
ECGBEORHT REX obverse type depicting legend surrounding a circle of pellets with Saxon written in the centre (S is reversed). VVIHTNOD-MOE reverse type depicting legend surrounding a circle of pellets with a cross in the centre. Edges of both sides have a circle of pellets. Initial mark is a cross pattee. Moneyer Winoth (or Wihtnoth) West Saxon mint (Win…
Created on: Tuesday 19th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Warminster', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-01F837
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96), Light Coinage (dating to c.AD780-92/3), non-portrait type, mint: London, moneyer: Ealhmund (North 282; Chick 39var). Refs: North 1994: 85; Chick 2010: plate 7, cf. nos 39a-h; Naismith 2017: 133-5.
The coin is incomplete with extensive chipping of the outer edge of the coin and there is evidence of pitting on the surface.
The coin appears to be a variation on Chick 39 with the first line of the reverse inscription beginning with a cross instead of this being place above and between the l…
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2022
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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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