Ruler:
Æthelred I (865-71)
Moneyer:
Osric
West Saxon mint
(Production place)
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.
History note: Found Stanmore, Herts, 3.10.1979
Method of acquisition: Bought (2000-06-12) by de Montfalcon, Jeremy
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Object composed of silver Diameter 21.4 mm Die Axis 270 degrees Weight 1.17 g
Accession number: CM.519-2000
Primary reference Number: 216783
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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