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Medieval coin – HCR35944

Obverse

Inscription:

+ÆÐELRED REX ANGO

Design:

Bust right

Reverse

Inscription:

+GOD M-O GIFLECESTER:.

Design:

Hand of God between alpha and omega

Information

Note

Not in Hildebrand.

Period

Medieval

Category

English silver coin

Group

First Hand type

Authority

England: kingdom

Person

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

Dating

c.979-c.985

Mint

Ilchester (stated mint)

Denomination

Penny

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.25

Axis

11

Diameter (mm)

18.9

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

3

Acquisition date

2014

Source

Stevens Cox

Test mark (obverse)

1

Test mark (reverse)

4

Reference

Jonsson, Kenneth - 1986 - Viking-Age Hoards and Late Anglo-Saxon Coins : Ilchester, God, p. 67 (this specimen not recorded)

Reference

Hildebrand, Bror Emil - 1881 - Anglosachsiska mynt i Svenska kongliga myntkabinettet funna i Sveriges jord : B1 -

Reference

B.M. A-S vol. ii (1893) : Type ii var. a

Reference

Jeffrey North - 1994 - English Hammered Coinage : 766

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