- Object name(s):
- coin; pennies
- Brief description:
- 13 of 17 Saxon silver pennies found near Fowey (the remainder in the British Museum); eleven date to the reign of Edward the Elder (AD 899 - 939) and two to Athelstan (AD 924-939); except for one coin of Edward probably minted in Chester, all were struck in Southern England - London, Langport, Winchester, Dorchester and Exeter
- Collection:
- Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 6.1954
- Acquisition method:
- purchase
- Associated concept:
- NUMISMATICS
- 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:
- thirteen
- Object name:
- coin; pennies
- Object number:
- TRURI : 1954.33.1=13
- Object production note:
- the hoard may date from Athelstan's invasion of Cornwall in 929 or 930
- Object production place:
- England
- Place status:
- Country
- Related object number:
- TRURI : 1955.4.1=4
- Related object association:
- electrotype copies of coins retained by British Museum
- Technique:
- struck
- Text:
- 4 coins of the original 17 retained by the British Museum; electrotypes at the RIC (1955.4)
- Text reason:
- Brief description notes
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Section 161
- Reference author / editor:
- Penhallurick, R.D.
- Reference note:
- no.
- Reference publication date:
- 2001
- Reference publisher:
- Royal Numismatic Society
- Reference title:
- Ancient and Early Medieval Coins from Cornwall and Scilly
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