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Medieval silver penny coin of Offa of Mercia, c.787-c.792
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Colchester Museums, Laura Pooley, 2006-10-02 15:29:05
Title
Medieval silver penny coin of Offa of Mercia, c.787-c.792
Description
English: Medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia. It is a Group II coin without a portrait, c.787-c.792, and the obverse contains the King’s name across the field. Obverse: OFFA REX in two lunettes divided by a line of pellets with a cross at each end. Reverse: ETHELNOTH in two lines divided by a line of pellets with an ornament at each end. Moneyer: Ethelnoth. It measures 17mm in diameter, weighs 1.19g and has a die axis of 6. North, J. J. 1980. English Hammered Coinage, Volume 1: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c.600-1272, page 59, ref. 286.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 787 and 792
Accession number
FindID: 144235
Old ref: ESS-BC6851
Filename: cn000346.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/115496
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/115496/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/144235
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Object location51° 50′ 00.24″ N, 0° 51′ 25.32″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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