Record ID: IOW-1819EC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and bent Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver penny of Ecgberht, king of Wessex (802-839). Non-portrait type, dating to the period c. 828-839 (North 589; Naismith W4). Minted by Beornehart at the West Saxon mint (probably Winchester). Initial marks: cross pattée/cross pattée. Ref: North 1994: 119; Naismith 2011. Obverse inscription starts at 3 o' clock. Obverse: +ECGBEORHT REX; In centre SAXON irregularly placed. Reverse: +BEORNEH[A]RT; Cross pattée. Diameter: 19.0mm. Weight: 1.36g. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon …
Created on: Monday 12th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.