Medieval coin – HCR137588

Obverse

Inscription:

+CNVT REX ANGLORVM

Design:

Crowned bust left in quatrefoil

Reverse

Inscription:

+ÆL FSIG OGI FELC

Design:

voided long cross in quatrefoil

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

English silver coin

Group

Authority

England: kingdom

Person

Ælfsige, Aethelred II, king of England, 978-1016

Dating

c.1017-1023

Mint

Ilchester (stated mint)

Denomination

Penny

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.82

Axis

270

Diameter (mm)

19.4

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

Gregory Stevens Cox

Acquisition date

4/2024

Acquisition credit

Presented by NULL, 2024.

Acquisition note

DNW sale 5.6.2019, lot 194; ex Jon Mann collection; fd nr Dorchester, Dorset, by Martin Savage, September 2017 (EMC 2017.0258)

broken

Condition

Repaired

Test mark (obverse)

Test mark (reverse)

Find Note

Single find from near Dorchester, Dorset, September 2017; EMC 2017.0258

Reference

Jeffrey North - 1994 - English Hammered Coinage : 781

Reference

B.M. A-S vol. ii (1893) : viii

Reference

Hildebrand, Bror Emil - 1881 - Anglosachsiska mynt i Svenska kongliga myntkabinettet funna i Sveriges jord : 876

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