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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-69BC64
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver sceat, Continental Series E type, weight 0.95g, c.AD710-50 (field FLO16)
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 710
Date to: Circa AD 750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.95 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014 - Wednesday 9th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 58411
Other reference: SET042014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny/sceatta)
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series E (uncertain subtype)
Obverse description: Porcupine
Reverse description: Standard derivative
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Flordon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1898
Four figure Latitude: 52.53620462
Four figure longitude: 1.21295669
1:25K map: TM1898
1:10K map: TM19NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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