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COIN
Unique ID: SF-5BA43C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Medieval silver penny 'sceatta', Secondary Phase Series E Variety A, dating to circa AD 650-750. Obverse: porcupine; reverse: beaded standard.
The reverse is similar to examples recorded on EMC under 2008.0485; 2017.0094 and 2020.0084. The former two examples are recorded as Series E with an uncertain subtype whilst the latter is recorded as Series E Variety A.
The coin is recorded on EMC under 2022.0192.
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 650
Date to: Circa AD 750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 1.01 g
Diameter: 11.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2021 - Friday 15th October 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 (Secondary Variety A)
Obverse description: Porcupine
Reverse description: Beaded standard
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Pakenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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