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Description: | Silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066 AD), Hammer Cross type (N 828), moneyer Ælfwig of Oxford.Obv: Crowned bust r., bearded, with sceptre in front +EADP/ARDRERev: Short cross voided with each limb terminating in an incurved segment +ÆLEL·PIONOXEIDiameter: 17mmWeight: 1.34g. The coin has been pierced centrally, and gilded on the reverse, with traces of copper-based corrosion around the piercing on the obverse. This indicates that the coin has been converted into an item of jewellery, probably a brooch or badge. Coin jewellery of this type is typical of the mid-late 11th century and usually, as here, displays the reverse cross. There are now several precedents for regarding such finds as objects, rather than coins, since they would not have re-entered circulation as currency after such secondary treatment. As a single object, rather than a coin, this find thus qualifies as potential Treasure. Coins of this period have a silver content far in excess of the 10% threshold stipulated by the Treasure Act (1996), and this would only be enhanced by the gilding. Both in terms of age and precious metal content, this object therefore meets the key criteria for Treasure under the terms of the Act. Julie CassidyGareth Williams
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