Record ID: HAMP-4647A3 - EARLY MEDIEVAL coin

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Unique ID: HAMP-4647A3

An early medieval silver sceat of Series BIIIa (Type 27a; Abramson 2006, 113; Metcalf 156), dating to early in the Secondary Phase, c.710-25. This coin has suffered a small loss at its circumference.

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]
Date from: Circa AD 710
Date to: Circa AD 725

Dimensions and weight

Length: 11.45 mm
Width: 9.6 mm
Thickness: 1.85 mm
Weight: 0.97 g
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: Incomplete [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: Series BIIIa (Type 27a) (N ) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Bust diademed facing right, pellets before, within serpent circle travelling anticlockwise
Obverse inscription: Illegible (blundered)
Reverse description: Bird on cross with annulet at each end of the cross arm; (probable) berries before bird
Reverse inscription: Illegible (blundered)
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Basingstoke And Deane
Parish: Upton Grey

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SU7048
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Robert Webley - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Robert Webley - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Ms Laura Burnett - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: E2837

References cited

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