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COIN
Unique ID: SF4978
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An early medieval base silver sceat of Series R, Metcalf variety 8 (c.710-35), probably minted in East Anglia.
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: Circa AD 710
Date to: Circa AD 735
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.07 g
Diameter: 12.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001
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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)
Mint or issue place: Ipswich
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series R / type 70 (saltire-standard)
Obverse description: Crude rectangular profile head to right with angular features. Metcalf R8 bust.
Obverse inscription: blundered runic epa
Reverse description: Standard enclosing devolved TOTII design. Cross on each side, and linear diagonally on each corner.
Reverse inscription: none
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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