- Object name(s):
- coin; penny
- Brief description:
- Saxon silver penny of Athelstan (AD 924-939); obverse, AEDELSTAN REX, small cross pattée, reverse, ELLAF/ MONE. ; moneyer Ellaf, minted in London; part of a hoard found near Fowey during the laying of a new gas main in November 1953
- Collection:
- Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 6.1954
- Acquisition method:
- purchase
- Associated concept:
- NUMISMATICS
- Dimension:
- diameter
- Dimension value:
- 22 mm
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension value:
- 1.5 g
- Field collection date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1953
- Field collection method:
- found
- Field collection place:
- Field collection place:
- Cornwall
- Place status:
- County
- Field collection place:
- near
- Field collection place:
- Fowey
- Field collection place:
- England
- Place status:
- Country
- Material:
- silver
- Number of objects:
- one
- Object name:
- coin; penny
- Object number:
- TRURI : 1954.33.13
- Object production note:
- the hoard may date from Aethelstan's invasion of Cornwall in 929 or 930
- Object production person:
- Ellaf
- Person's association:
- moneyer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place status:
- Country
- Object production place:
- London
- Technique:
- struck
- Text:
- four coins retained by the British Museum
- Text reason:
- Brief description notes
- Use begin date:
- 5.2.2018
- Use end date:
- 5.2.2019
- Use organiser:
- Royal Institution of Cornwall
- Use title:
- RIC200
- Use venue:
- Royal Cornwall Museum
- Use venue:
- Truro
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/46eba2d5-7a27-303e-b57d-1a96ba7f1e93
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/46eba2d5-7a27-303e-b57d-1a96ba7f1e93, Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, CC BY-NC
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