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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-099E6B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver coin. Sceat, kindly identified by Dave Haldenby as two heads facing with long cross between/rose of four crude birds citing North page 42 no. 135, plate 1 no. 53, also citing Metcalf [nd]?re St. John?; Abramson page 52, series J type 37 no. J400, issue of 710-725.
Obverse description: Diademed busts facing each other with long cross on tripod stand between them; pelleted border
Reverse description: Central cross pattee with four birds around it in right hand spiral
Diameter: 11.4mm, Weight: 1.06gms
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Exactly AD 710
Date to: Exactly AD 725
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.06 g
Diameter: 11.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 23rd August 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM47391
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 J (uncertain subtype)
Obverse description: Diademed busts facing each other with long cross on tripod stand between them; pelleted border
Reverse description: Central cross pattee with four birds around it in right hand spiral
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Bainton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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