COIN

Unique ID: WAW-FEC123

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Date from: AD 710
Date to: AD 760

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 12.05 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Uncertain
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)

Type: Series O (Type 57)
Obverse description: Head, with swept back hair and a wedge nose r. set within a ring of pellets
Obverse inscription: -
Reverse description: Feathered serpent, coiled clockwise with a spiral, whip-like tail and crocodile jaws.
Reverse inscription: -
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine