Long Cross penny of Edward the Confessor
- Description
- This coin is part of an important collection of Saxon and early medieval coins held by the museum. The collection contains examples of coins minted in the Devon burgh towns of Exeter, Lydford, Barnstaple and Totnes. This penny was issued by Edward the Confessor, and minted in Exeter by Wulfnoth.
- Accession Loan No.
- 7/1959/7
- Collection Class
- Numismatics
- Common Name
- Long Cross penny of Edward the Confessor
- Simple Name
- coin
- Full Name
- penny Edward the Confessor Long Cross type
- Dimensions
- whole weight 1.15 grams; whole weight 17.7 grains; whole die axis 360 degrees; (approx) whole diameter 18 mm; (approx) whole depth 1 mm
- Period Classification
- Late Saxon (900-1066)
- Production Year Low
- 1042
- Production Year High
- 1044
- Family Group
- Material
- silver
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Mint
- Exeter
- Moneyer
- Wulfnoth
- Issuer Person
- Edward the Confessor
- Inscription / Transcription
- =+EDPER;.D REX A; +PVLFN.OD . ON EX
