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COIN
Unique ID: SF-7B42A0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Anglo-Saxon sceatta, Series QIE, c.710-750 AD. As Metcalf, 1994, p. 491.
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: 1.18 g
Diameter: 12.19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th September 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC Number: 2014.0135
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny/sceatta)
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series Q I e (Type 67b)
Obverse description: Sea bird or eagle left, wing raised, three tail feathers, feet splayed, pellets in field
Reverse description: Diademed bust right, wreth ties behind, cross pommee before, pellets before and behind.
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Sutton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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