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COIN

Unique ID: YORYM-002FF7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Silver Series Y Northumbrian sceat, matching coin number 176 on Plate 7 in volume 48 of the Sylloge, by Booth. This makes it a Class Bi sceat of Eadberht (738-757).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 738
Date to: Circa AD 757

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Diameter: 12 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th May 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Eadberht of Northumbria
Category: Styca of Northumbria and York

Type: N 178 (Series Y: Eadberht: beast left)
Obverse description: Small central cross.
Obverse inscription: EOBEREhTVF
Reverse description: Left facing animal without tongue.

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: Everingham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Booth, J.	1997	Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 48: Northern Museums	Oxford	Oxford University Press

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Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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