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Description: | Early Medieval gold shilling or thrymsa, c.655-c.680. It is pale gold and was struck by the moneyer Pada (??Pada?? type, Pa III). Obverse: Bust right, wearing double ??pearl?? diadem and draped, NC VIIVC. Reverse: Small cross with large central boss superimposed on thin cross saltire, each limb terminating in an annulet, all within a small dotted circle, [NOVI ] F FANVSPFAVG. It weighs 1.18g and measures 13mm in diameter. North, J. J. 1980. English Hammered Coinage, Volume 1: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c.600-1272, page 34, ref. 31.
Pada was an Anglo-Saxon moneyer who was probably based in East Kent as his coins are chiefly found in Kent and the London area (Metcalf, D. M. 1993. Thrymsas and sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford I, pages 73-75).
[b.e.e.] | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Pooley, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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