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Unique ID: SWYOR-24E6D7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Date from: Circa AD 737
Date to: Circa AD 758
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.63 mm
Weight: 1.02 g
Diameter: 12.25 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2006
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Eadberht of Northumbria
Category: Styca of Northumbria and York
Type: N 178 (Series Y: Eadberht: beast left)
Obverse description: Inscription around a central cross.
Obverse inscription: EOTBEREHTVS
Reverse description: Fantastic quadruped facing left with long tail and raised foreleg.
Reverse inscription: none
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Metcalf, D.M. | 1993 | Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford | Ashmolean Museum and Royal Numismatic Society | 576-89 |