Record ID: SUR-95A153
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Cnut (1016-1035), quatrefoil type dating to 1017-1023. Obverse: crowned bust, left within quatrefoil, legend CNUT REX ANGLORUM. Reverse: quatrefoil with pellet at apex of each cusp, long cross voided, each limb terminating in three crescents. Moneyer Wulfwine, London mint. North (1994), p167, number 781.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: ESS-B9EBDD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver penny of Cnut (AD1016-1035), dating AD1024-1030. North no. 787. The coin is fragmentary but almost 100% remains so it is possible to identify. The coins is of the pointed helmet variety, with a bust facing left wearing a pointed hat and sceptre in front. The inscription reads CNVT / [R]EX ANL. The obverse depicts a voided long cross with a pellet in the centre, in each quarter a broken annulet with a pellet within. The inscription reads PYNSTAN ON LVND, indicating the moneyer as Wynstan from the London mint. Dimensions: diameter: 18.17 mm; weight: 0.92g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2016
Last updated: Thursday 11th November 2021
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