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Description: | A modern forgery of a silver hammered saxon penny. The coin is a copy of Edward the Elder Tower type (North reference 666 - AD899-924). This coin is a particularly rare one in its genuine form, but one which is copied on a relatively frequent basis.Andrew Woods and colleagues at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge have kindly looked at the coin and have provided much information regarding its provenance and authenticity.Reasons for its identification as a forgery are: the way the letters are cut, the E on the obverse in particular are not quite authentic in style. The beading around the edge does not lookauthentically accurate, particularly when compared to genuine Early Medieval coins. The weight is also a little low with genuine Early Medieval coins of this style and date tending to weigh around 1.50g (although there is one example weighing 1.32g).This coin combines two dies that were created by Trevor Ashmore (a prominent modern dealer and maker of good quality fake coins). These are die numbers 52 (obverse) and 54 (reverse) from the article about Ashmore forgeries in Numismatic Circular, April 2000 by Patrick Finn. This is interesting as it combines two dies previously not found together.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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