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Early Medieval - Coin - penny of Aethelred II
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Clywd-Powys Archaeological Trust, Rod Trevaskus, 2009-10-10 09:59:59
Title
Early Medieval - Coin - penny of Aethelred II
Description
English: This is an early medieval hammered silver penny of Aethelred II (The Unready - 978-1016). The coin is from the first hand series c.979-85. The obverse depicts a diademed bust right and the reverse, the hand of Providence issuing from the cloud with A (alpha) and W (omega) to either side. The moneyer is possibly Hereberht at Lewes (LÆV). The coin is in a relatively uncirculated condition with a corroded surface and weakly struck reverse.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Shropshire
Date between 979 and 985
Accession number
FindID: 271301
Old ref: CPAT-049EA1
Filename: 2956-0011.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/223941
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/223941/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/271301
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 14 November 2020)
Object location52° 47′ 34.8″ N, 2° 58′ 45.44″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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