Antiquities

Penny

Number of tool A11429:1770

• Description of use Fragmentarily preserved (chipped edge) silver coin - a penny - minted during the reign of King Ethelred II of England (978 - 1016) in Lidford. Such coins indicate overseas trade connections and the role of Mežotne as a trading center in the later Iron Age.
• Place of archaeological excavation Mežotnes Hillfort