File:Early-medieval coin, Penny of Edward the Confessor (FindID 892738).jpg

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Early-medieval coin: Penny of Edward the Confessor
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Oxfordshire County Council, Anni Byard, 2018-03-13 13:28:40
Title
Early-medieval coin: Penny of Edward the Confessor
Description
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A complete and hardly worn silver early-medieval penny of Edward the Confessor (AD 1042-1066), pointed helmet type dating to the period AD 1053-1056. Struck by the moneyer Brihtwold in Oxford. The obverse shows a bearded bust facing right, wearing a pointed helmet. His right arm and hand are shown holding a sceptre fleury. The reverse shows a short cross voided with each arm ending in three small crescents, facing to the border. North N825. BMC vii.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 1053 and 1056
date QS:P571,+1053-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1053-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1056-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 892738
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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/1005683
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1005683/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/892738
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Object location51° 34′ 05.16″ N, 1° 16′ 26.51″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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