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GLO-E0BE78 Silver penny of Aethelstan
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2013-08-16 12:25:11
Title
GLO-E0BE78 Silver penny of Aethelstan
Description
English: Silver penny of Aethelstan

Circumscription Cross (924-39),
Length 18mm, width 16mm, weight 0.54g
Obverse: short cross
Obverse inscription: [TIRBTOT+]ERNAT[SIDEA]
Reverse: short cross
Reverse inscription.: [+EREMONET]ALVNDC[IVITET]
Mint: (probably) London
Note: there is considerable damage to the sides resulting in the loss of most of the inscription and about 30% of the coin. The inscription on the obverse is reversed

David symons writes
It is one of a well-known group of 'irregular' pennies issued in the name of Aethelstan (924-39), which were discussed by Christopher Blunt in volume 42 of the British Numismatic Journal (pp.107-13). The moneyer's name is written variously as Efe, Ere or Eie, and they all carry what purports to be a London mint signature.

The coin appears to have the same legends as an example in the British Museum (BMC Aethelstan 59), which has a retrograde legend on the obverse side -

It is possible that this coin was struck from the same pair of dies as BMC 59, but unfortunately that is not illustrated in BMC.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date between 924 and 939
Accession number
FindID: 573215
Old ref: GLO-E0BE78
Filename: DSC0049opy.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
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Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/436674/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/573215
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Object location51° 55′ 29.64″ N, 1° 57′ 16.42″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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