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Unique ID: GLO-ED37A4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Secondary Phase Series E, sub-variety e dating to c.AD 720-40, mint: northern Netherlands (Friesland?). Ref: Metcalf and op den Velde 2009-10: 48-9, cf. nos 1858-92.
Obverse: Quilled crescent, right with triangular head with pellets.
Reverse: degenerate beaded standard with two pairs of angled bars, a pellet in each coroner and central pellet within annulet.
Notes:
Early pennies are unusual finds from Gloucestershire, this being one of only ten recorded by the PAS from the county.
Metcalf and Op den Velde's sub-variety f is related to Variety C in Metcalf's earlier work (1993-4) but is a variation on it.
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Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
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
Date from: Circa AD 720
Date to: Circa AD 740
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2021 - Thursday 1st July 2021
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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 E (uncertain subtype)
Obverse description: Quilled crescent, right with triangular head with pellets.
Reverse description: degenerate beaded standard with two pairs of angled bars, a pellet in each coroner and central pellet within annulet.
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
To be known as: Tewkesbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalf, D.M. | 1993 | Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford | Ashmolean Museum and Royal Numismatic Society | ||||
| Metcalf, D.M. and Op den Velde, W. | 2009 | The monetary economy of the Netherlands, c. 690 - c. 760 and the trade with England: a study of the 'Porcupine' Sceattas of series E | Amsterdam | Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Munt- en Penningkunde |
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