Find Spot record OTY 023 - Silver penny of Beornwulf of Mercia, AD 823-825. Also bronze spearhead tip fragment - BA found in 2003.

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Summary

Silver penny of Beornwulf of Mercia, AD 823-825. Also bronze spearhead tip fragment - BA found in 2003.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 2036 5503 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TM25NW
Civil Parish OTLEY, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Silver penny of Beornwulf of Mercia, AD 823-825. Re-used as coin-brooch, reverse with cross is gilded & obverse had solder attachments for pin and catchplate when found (visible on pre-cleaning photos). Coin: obverse bust right; reverse cross crosslet in centre, moneyer EACGA, 2 pellets in each quarter. Weight, pre-cleaning 1.42g, after cleaning 1.38g. Six coins of this moneyer are known, only other with a provinance is from Lower Brook Street, Ipswich. Suggests moneyer may have been operating in E Anglia which was under Mercian control up to AD 827 (S1)(R1). Metal detected (?) by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s).
Also bronze spearhead tip fragment found metal detecting in Sept 2003. S3

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <R1> (No record type): Bonser M, BM.
  • <S1> (No record type): SAU, Newman J, finds ID record, January 1992.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. (S1).
  • <S2> (No record type): SAU, photographs, DJF 3-8.
  • <M2> (No record type): Photographs: DJF 3-8; slides CQO 81-83.
  • <S3> Finds Report: Plouviez, J.. 1995. SCCAS Finds Record:. Pendleton, C., SCCAS. Finds report, 3/10/03.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 13 2010 3:05PM

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