The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Simon Maslin, 2020-08-27 14:41:08
Title
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Description
English:
An early-medieval gold mancus of Ecgberht of Wessex (802-839), in the same design as the silver penny of the Saxon Monogram type dating to c828-839 (Naismith W5), moneyer: Bosa (BOZA), Wessex mint (probably Southampton or Winchester). Ref: cf. Naismith 2011: plate 103, W5a-b (esp. W5a).
Obverse: Saxon Monogram with + ECGBEORHT REX.
Reverse: + BOZA MONETA. equal GOD'S COIN
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date
between 828 and 839
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 1003992
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
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