NHER 31465 (Find Spot record) - Middle Saxon coin of Offa

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Summary

Metal detecting recovered a Middle Saxon silver penny of Offa with the name of Archbishop Aethelheard struck on one side. It was made between AD 793 and 805. When it was found in 1994 it was a new type that had not been found anywhere else before.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL98NE
Civil Parish HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

1994. Metal detecting find.
Offa penny.
See (S1) and description in file.
Idenified by J. Davies (NCM), 1994.
W. Milligan (NCM), 16 June 1994.

February 2006.
Offa, New Variety. Date AD 793 to 805.
Obverse: OFFA between two lines across field. REX below and M above.
Reverse: +AEDILHEARD PONF; around small cross and crosslets. Pellets and lines in angles.
Archbishop Aethelheard.
M. Dennis (NLA), 13 February 2006.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
  • COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 7 2011 9:54AM

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