Medieval coin

Details

• Title

  Medieval coin

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › North Yorkshire › York (mint)

• Date

  circa AD 630-650

• Material and technique

  debased gold, struck

• Technique index

  struck

• Denomination

  Tremissis

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Dimensions

  15 mm (diameter)
  1.22 g (weight)
  6 o'clock (die-axis)

• Design

  Central maltese cross with beaded border and circular legend (obverse)

  
  

  Kite-shaped object with central Latin cross on a forked base; flanking Maltese crosses; trellis pattern in lower half of field. (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased 1955.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR20364

• Standard URI

  http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR20364

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