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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-70B697
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver coin. Porcupine sceat of Series E, possibly primary series of 700-710. Not clearly paralleled in Abramson 2006.
Obverse description: Quilled crescent with pellet ends to quills, a separate row of pellets, a curved line, and two bars below a triangle and pellet 'eye'.
Reverse description: Neat standard with central annulet, inner and outer beaded frames; though described as 'degenerate TOT [etc.]' (Abramson 2006, pages 86-7), the inner framing does not appear derivative of lettered forms.
Diameter: 11.2mm, Weight: 0.87gms.
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
Ascribed Culture:
Frisian style
Date from: Exactly AD 700
Date to: Exactly AD 710
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.87 g
Diameter: 11.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th February 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24739a
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: Unknown
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series E (uncertain subtype)
Obverse description: Quilled crescent with pellet ends to quills, a separate row of pellets, a curved line, and two bars below a triangle and pellet ‘eye’
Reverse description: Neat standard with central annulet, inner and outer beaded frames
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Muckton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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