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Monument details

HER Number:TR 02 NE 108
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Anglo-Saxon silver penny, Romney Marsh

Summary

Anglo-Saxon silver penny, Romney Marsh.


Grid Reference:TR 05 29
Map Sheet:TR02NE
Parish:NEWCHURCH, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 1050 AD to 1053 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 1050 AD to 1053 AD)

Full description

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Anglo-Saxon silver penny, Romney Marsh.
Coin: N 820 (Expanding Cross, light)
Ruler: Edward the Confessor (AD 1042-1066)
Moneyer: DVRSTAN (Thorsteinn)
Mint: Canterbury
Minted: 1050-1053
Obverse: Anglo-Saxon silver penny, Romney Marsh. +EDP:RD REX
Reverse: +DVRSTAN ON CENT

The find spot of a silver coin of Edward the Confessor, Newchurch Parish. Mint: Canterbury, moneyer Thorsteinn.(1-2)


<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 Romney Marsh Research Trust, 2010, Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010 (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Romney Marsh Research Trust. 2010.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.