Kirk Michael Hoard Aethelred II Coin
Date made: deposited c.1065
Description: The inscription on this bent coin is;
IPI + [ ]NNI + INDII
CIN/DIDI/NNN/OVDI
Two pellets by nose, cross on neck, pellet cross behind head with two wedge symbols above; hammer arms (quarters 3 and 4), pellets in reverse quarters 1 and 4 , anchor in 2, annulet in 4.
Two peck marks on obverse
Numismatic information:
EARLY PHASE V
Complex amalgamations of many varied types.
With obverse going back to Long Cross type of Æthelred II and rev. to Hammer Cross type of Edward the Confessor
Materials: silver
Date found: 1972 and 1975
Object name: coin
Collection: Archaeology Collection
ID number: 1976-0083/12