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Penny: LOANCM.2-2013

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edgar (959-75)
Moneyer: Folcard
Production place: East Anglia

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Notes

History note: Loan from Cambridgeshire County Council 1998 (Blackburn and Hall (PCAS 75 (1986), 61–2) 1986). Found by A. Webb in construction trench at Castle Court, Shire Hall site, Cambridge, 21.5.1984

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1998) by Cambridgeshire County Council

Dating

957 -

Components of the work

Object composed of silver Diameter 21.6 mm Die Axis 0 degrees Weight 1.50 g

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: +EãDèãR REX
  • Location: Obverse
  • Type: Design
  • Text: +FOL6HãRD mONETã
  • Location: Reverse
  • Type: Design

Identification numbers

Accession number: LOANCM.2-2013
Primary reference Number: 217555
North: 750

Audit data

Created: Monday 3 July 2017 Updated: Wednesday 17 January 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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