NMS Archaeology Object 345087: H.C18447 - Coin, 1 styca


Description

Summary


Copper alloy styca of Wigmund, Archbishop of York, minted in York by Coenred, c AD 837 - 854


Accession Number


H.C18447


Other references

Queen Street Loan NumberQ.L.1924.20

Original description

Copper alloy styca of Wigmund, Archbishop of York, minted in York by Coenred, c AD 837 - 854 [MoS description] Coin used as a weight with scales, from a Viking boat burial at Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Argyll, 875 - 925 AD. [Loan description - Q.L.1924.19] [One of] Objects included in Collection from Viking Grave, Colonsay:- [One of] 2 Anglo-Saxon Stycas.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Wigmund

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Western Isles, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1898

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Lord Strathcona

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Vendor

Image

None

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