Object numberOM-9422
DescriptionAnglo Saxon silver penny of Burgred of Mercia (852-874) perforated below head. Silver penny of Burgred of Mercia, struck by the moneyer Tata, around 866-8. The coin has been perforated, presumably to make a pendant. The perforation is below the head, with the effect that the stylised head would be upside down. The coin is now in two pieces, but otherwise it is in good condition.
Though the coin was struck in the late 860s, it is not known how much later it was perforated or deposited.
The coin/pendant is from a late modification of a Viking hall house at Saevarhowe.
Production periodIron Age/Pictish/Norse
Collection PlaceSaevar Howe, Birsay
Object namepenny
Object categorycoin
Materialsilver