2024-03-29T01:24:53+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results1120finds-812914812914LVPL-B32CD5COINEARLY MEDIEVALAn early medieval silver penny of Ecgbert of Wessex (802-839), non-portrait type (North 568; Naismith C74.3) dating to c.AD825-28, moneyer: Swefheard, mint: Canterbury. Ref: North 1994: 118; Naismith 2011: plate 36.
The coin is incomplete, with a fragment of the outer circle missing and much of the outer edge chipped.
Obverse: H(EC)BEARHT REX; plain cross.
Reverse: SWE(F)HERD; five limbed cross.
Ecgberht's early issues from Kent are very rare finds and this type (Naismith C74.3) is only represented in his corpus by one example (held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge: see Naismith 2017: no 1179) which is also fragmentary. This new find provides a more complete reading of the coin's inscription. 47472282582813LVPL2016-10-30T00:00:00Z2016-10-30T00:00:00Z2016-11-03T12:51:25Z2022-11-29T14:33:53Z1.1PAS581B32CD0015542012212211141431435521245243552Cheshire West and ChesterCheshire West and ChesterRestricted AccessCotton EdmundsRestricted Access10LVPL-B331B918046429426Plain cross.H[EC]BEARHT REXFive-limbed 'cross'.SWE[F]HERDCanterbury7943926383840x25814PennyEcgberht of WessexEcgberht_of_WessexSilver11728Struck or hammeredIncompleteFairEARLY MEDIEVALx41022MiddleMiddleEARLY MEDIEVALx41022x41022Anglo-Saxon stylex41012Metal detectorReturned to finderLVPLB32CD5.jpg590719images/voakden/Coin of the kings of Wessex 9th-10th centuriesN 568 (Ecgberht, Non-Portrait, Canterbury)North WestCertain12022-11-29T14:33:53.923Z