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COIN

Unique ID: PUBLIC-ECDB46

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With finder
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 710
Date to: Circa AD 740

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 12 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd February 2020

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny/sceatta)
Mint or issue place: Hamwic
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)

Type: Series H (Type 49: Metcalf 1b) (N 103)
Obverse description: Oval moustached Wodan head facing with nine roundels. Beaded border. Reverse description: Crested peacock displaying right, Rosette below, pellet between legs, pellets behind. Beaded border.