Three pennies by Archbishop Jaenberht

1) Offa, penny, light coinage, Blunt 40, moneyer: Alhmund;1.


Details

Medium:
Silver
Art Fund grant:
£1,000 ( Total: £7,000)
Acquired in:
1994
Vendor:
Mr & Mrs Sampson

2 cm; 1.23g. 2) Offa, penny, light coinage, Blunt 55, moneyer; Ethelwald; 1.2 cm; 1.19g. 3) Jaenbert, penny; 1,3cm; 1.23g.

Provenance

Found by a metal-detectorist at Aiskew, near Bedale in North Yorkshire.

Venue details

Yorkshire Museum Museum Gardens, York North Yorkshire YO1 7FR 01904 687687 www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk

Entry details

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