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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
1895,0701.17
Denomination
penny
Description
Silver coin
(whole)
Cross pattée
(obverse)
3 cross pattée, trefoil of pellets top and bottom
(reverse)
Authority
Ruler:
Edmund, moneyer of the Short Cross coinage at Lincoln
Ruler:
Saraward
Cultures/periods
Anglo-Saxon
Production date
939-946
Production place
Minted in:
England
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Ballaquayle
(Hoard)
Materials
silver
Type series
Two-Line Horizontal Trefoil 1
Dimensions
Diameter:
22 millimetres
Weight:
1.35 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Anglo-Saxon Sylloge 5 / British Museum Anglo-Saxon Coins V: Æthelstan to the Reform of Edgar (924-c.973)
(p.15.333)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition date
1895
Department
Coins and Medals
Registration number
1895,0701.17
C&M catalogue number
BS5 (Anglo-Saxon Sylloge 5)
(15)
(333)