Record Details
NHER Number: | 39516 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Late Saxon coin (Cranwich, poorly located) |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1990 recovered a Late Saxon silver penny of Edward The Martyr (975 to 978)
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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Parish: | CRANWICH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1990. Metal detecting.
Silver penny of Edward the Martyr (975-978).
Worcester mint, moneyer Man. This coin provided the first evidence that Worcester was active as a mint earlier than the reign of Aethelred II. (S1)
Same as NHER 1039 c27?
J. Allen (NLA), 4 July 2003.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
<S1> | Article in Serial: Watson, P. J. et al. 1999. Antiquities from Norfolk in West Midlands Museums. Norfolk Archaeology. vol XLIII Pt II pp 332-338. |
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