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ID number: BIRBI-BR05 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: Gelling Collection Collector: Gelling, Peter Maker: Edward the Confessor; York; Snæbjörn Denomination: Penny Place made: York Culture: Anglo-Saxon Date made: 1042-1066 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 1.34 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Gelling. |

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Description: Obverse: Seated figure of Edward holding sceptre and orb. Soverign type. Reverse: short voided cross with martlets in angles and annulet in first and third angles.
Inscriptions: Obverse: EDIARDR + ANCLO (King Edward the Confessor). Reverse: SNEBRN ON EOFRPI (Snæbjörn, mint of York).
Bibliography: Spink 1181,
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