Penny: CM.519-2000

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred I (865-71)
Moneyer: Osric
West Saxon mint (Production place)

Entities

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Coin

Description

This is a significant coin, as it provides evidence to suggest that there was a mint operating in Wessex, as well as Kent, in the mid-9th century. The style of this coin is quite unlike that of the Canterbury coins. The moneyer Osric is not otherwise recorded for this reign, but he is known from a single coin of Æthelwulf (839- 58), which is also in an unusual style. These two coins were probably struck at Winchester, an attribution supported by the find provenance.

Notes

History note: Found Stanmore, Herts, 3.10.1979

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (2000-06-12) by de Montfalcon, Jeremy

Dating

865 -

Components of the work

Object composed of silver Diameter 21.4 mm Die Axis 270 degrees Weight 1.17 g

Inscription or legends present

Text: +aE5ELR / ED REX
Location: Obverse
Type: Design

Text: OçRI6 / MO¯Ta
Location: Reverse
Type: Design

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.519-2000
Primary reference Number: 216783
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Audit data

Created: Monday 21 July 2014 Updated: Wednesday 17 January 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Coins and Medals

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