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Three Late Early-Medieval Coins : Hoard of three silver coins, two of Burgred, king of Mercia, and one of Aethelred I, King of Wessex
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Cambridgeshire County Council, Helen Fowler, 2015-09-08 16:08:50
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Three Late Early-Medieval Coins : Hoard of three silver coins, two of Burgred, king of Mercia, and one of Aethelred I, King of Wessex
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English: Three silver Early-Medieval coins.

- A three line Lunette 'type B' coin of Burgred, King of Mercia, AD 852-874. North number 424. Obverse shows a diademed bust right, the body breaking through the area of legend. Obverse legend reads BVRGRED REX. Reverse shows a three line Lunette, type B. Reverse inscription reads MON/+DVDDA/ETA. Moneyer is Dudda. Die axis is 6 o'clock. Weight is 1.38g, diameter is 20.4mm, thickness is 0.9mm. See North, J.J., 1994 <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/publications/publication/id/188" title="View reference work's details">English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272</a> London : Spink and Son Ltd, pp.100, no.424.

- A three line Lunette 'type A' coin of Burgred, King of Mercia, AD 852-874. North number 423. Obverse shows a diademed bust right, the body breaking through the area of legend. Obverse legend reads BVRGRED REX. Reverse shows a three line Lunette, type A. Reverse inscription reads MON/ADVLF/ETA. Moneyer is not shown in North but is presumably Adulf or something similar to this. Die axis is 612 o'clock. Weight is 1.24g, diameter is 20.6mm, thickness is 0.9mm. See North, J.J., 1994 <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/publications/publication/id/188" title="View reference work's details">English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272</a> London : Spink and Son Ltd, pp.100, no.423.

- A three line Lunette 'type A' coin of Aethelred I, King of Wessex, AD865/6-871. North number 622. Obverse shows a diademed bust right, the body breaking through the area of legend. Obverse legend reads +AEDELRED/REX, this exact inscription is not shown in North. Reverse shows a three line Lunette, type A. Reverse inscription reads MON/MANNIN:/ETA. Moneyer is Manninc. Die axis is 3 o'clock. Weight is 1.18g, diameter is 20.9mm, thickness is 0.9mm. See North, J.J., 1994 <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/publications/publication/id/188" title="View reference work's details">English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272</a> London : Spink and Son Ltd, pp.123, no.622.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 852 and 874
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FindID: 739318
Old ref: CAM-D6710C
Filename: CAMD6710C.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/532211
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/532211/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/739318
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