Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31465 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Middle Saxon coin of Offa |
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Summary
Metal detecting recovered a Middle Saxon silver penny of Offa with the name of Archbishop Aethelheard struck on one side. It was made between AD 793 and 805. When it was found in 1994 it was a new type that had not been found anywhere else before.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TL98NE |
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| Parish: | HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1994. Metal detecting find.
Offa penny.
See (S1) and description in file.
Idenified by J. Davies (NCM), 1994.
W. Milligan (NCM), 16 June 1994.
February 2006.
Offa, New Variety. Date AD 793 to 805.
Obverse: OFFA between two lines across field. REX below and M above.
Reverse: +AEDILHEARD PONF; around small cross and crosslets. Pellets and lines in angles.
Archbishop Aethelheard.
M. Dennis (NLA), 13 February 2006.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
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