Rights Holder: National Museums Liverpool
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Unique ID: LVPL-E62ED2
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver Early-Medieval sceatta of Series X. Obverse: Elegant monster in flight looking back, three pellets, within line border surrounded by pellet border. Reverse: Facing radiate Wodan head, cross either side, pellet above face. All within a line border surrounded by pellet border.
The recorder has not seen the object and the identification is from the photograph only.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 675
Date to: Circa AD 750
Quantity: 1
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2012
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Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny/sceatta)
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series X (Type 31) (N 116/N 117)
Obverse description: Elegant monster in flight looking back, three pellets above body, within line border surrounded by pellet border.
Reverse description: Facing radiate Wodan head, cross either side, pellet above face. All within a line border surrounded by pellet border.
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.