Record ID: LON-5DE228 - EARLY MEDIEVAL coin

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Coin

Unique ID: LON-5DE228

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Early Medieval coin: sceat of teh VERNVS type, group 2

An Early Medieval silver coin: penny (sceat) of the VERNVS type, group 2, dating 710-750AD. This is a Class E bird or porcupine/standard variation. Metcalf vol. 1 p. 146 fig. C from Dover is similar which may be a Kent/Sussex type. Gareth Williams notes: Distribution is inconclusive, with a small group spread from Suffolk down to Sussex and West Kent.

Obverse: degraded/stylized bust resembling a porcupine or a bird.
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse: Standard pelleted square containingTToTT with a blundered legend around the edge.
Reverse inscription: Blundered.

Dimensions: diameter: 12.06mm; weight: 1.17g.

Identification by Gareth Williams, Curator of Early Medieval Coinage, Department of Coins and Medals. The British Museum

Reference: Metcalf, D. M. 1993. Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford (Volumes 1-3). Ashmolean Museum and Royal Numismatic Society; Oxford.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 710
Date to: Circa AD 750

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 1.17 g
Diameter: 12.06 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Sceat [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny/sceatta) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Unknown [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta) and related continental series [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: Vernus Group Two (Type 91) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Degraded/stylized bust resembling a porcupine or a bird.
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Standard pelleted square containing TToTT with a blundered legend around the edge
Reverse inscription: Blundered

Coin references

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Spatial data

Region: East
County: Essex
District: Epping Forest
Parish: Magdalen Laver

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TL5006
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st December 2009

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Gareth Williams - [view all attributed records]

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