{"id":324,"date":"2010-11-16T01:26:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T01:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/?p=324"},"modified":"2022-06-02T17:46:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T17:46:17","slug":"interesting-british-museum-document-on-the-analysis-of-the-coenwulf-mancus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/2010\/11\/interesting-british-museum-document-on-the-analysis-of-the-coenwulf-mancus\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting British Museum document on the analysis of the Coenwulf Mancus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The analysis of the Coenwulf Mancus<\/h2>\n<p>Analysis of a gold mancus of Coenwulf of Mercia and other comparable coins by Gareth Williams and Michael Cowell [PDF]<\/p>\n<p>This very interesting document describes not only the Coenwulf Mancus and the various processes the British Museum used to examine and authenticate it, but also shows the other six &#8216;later&#8217; Anglo-Saxon gold coins in the British Museum&#8217;s collection. There are only eight known &#8216;later&#8217; Anglo-Saxon gold coins in existence, seven held at the BM and number eight is in a museum in France, or Belgium or somewhere, can&#8217;t remember.<\/p>\n<p>Also, there was a great photo of a Coenwulf silver penny on page 37 of the November issue of The Searcher.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Metal Detecting UK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\">Metal Detecting UK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The analysis of the Coenwulf Mancus Analysis of a gold mancus of Coenwulf of Mercia and other comparable coins by Gareth Williams and Michael Cowell [PDF] This very interesting document describes not only the Coenwulf Mancus and the various processes the British Museum used to examine and authenticate it, but also shows the other six &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/2010\/11\/interesting-british-museum-document-on-the-analysis-of-the-coenwulf-mancus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span 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