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Monument details

HER Number:TR 13 SE 204
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Find spot of silver coin of Offa

Summary

Find spot of silver coin of Offa, 765,798.


Grid Reference:TR 16 34
Map Sheet:TR13SE
Parish:HYTHE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (minted during, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 765 AD to 792 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 765 AD to 792 AD)

Full description

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Find spot of Silver coin of Offa (765-792), minted Canterbury. Found in Hythe parish.(1)(2)

Silver coin minted during the reign of Offa of Mercia (765-792). Canterbury mint, moneyer Peothweald. Cross and saltire of lobes on obverse.

Early medieval corpus of coinage number: 2007.0114


<1> Romney Marsh Research Trust, 2010, Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010 (Unpublished document). SKE16034.

<2> Dept of coins and medals, Fitzwilliam museum, 2010, Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds (Website). SKE16124.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Romney Marsh Research Trust. 2010. Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010.
<2>Website: Dept of coins and medals, Fitzwilliam museum. 2010. Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds.