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COIN
Unique ID: BH-4B9CD3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An Early-Medieval silver sceat. Series R2 (Metcalf sub-variety 12). Mint: East Anglia (probably Ipswich). struck c.705 - c. 710. Ref: Naismith 2017: pl 4, no 85.
Diameter: 10.7mm; thickness: 1.7mm; weight: 1.2g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 705
Date to: Circa AD 710
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 10.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/148 - 24
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny/sceatta)
Mint or issue place: Ipswich
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series C : Metcalf R2 : Blackburn D (Rigold R1x)
Obverse description: Right-facing crowned bust.
Obverse inscription: ITAT behind head, runic Tepa in front.
Reverse description: Beaded standard enclosing TOTII, beaded tufa above and enclosing three pellets.
Reverse inscription: ITATI-ITA[TI]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Silsoe
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naismith, R | 2017 | Medieval European Coinage 8: Britain and Ireland c.400-1066 | Cambridge | CUP |
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