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Summary: An incomplete silver early-medieval penny of Edward the Confessor modified into a pendant with a suspension loop and gilded. The penny is the pointed helmet type and was struck by the moneyer Beorhtwine at the Wallingford mint. It is dated to 1053-1056. Obverse description: Bust facing right wearing pointed helmet / Obverse inscription: EDPERD R+Reverse description: short cross voided with each limb terminating in three crescents; central annulet / Reverse inscription: [B]RIHTPINE ON [P]ALIN. Found in Collingbourne Kingston in 2017.

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