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COIN

Unique ID: LVPL-6A4835

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Silver sceat of Early-Medieval date, c.700-765. Obverse: plumed bird facing right, tubular body¸ head bent down, triple-forked tail, prominent claws, cross pommee below head, pellets in field. Reverse: Beaded standard with off central pellet in annulet, lines and pellets within and also in margin. Class: Bird, Sub-group 1, Primitive bird, Series E, Variety K (Abramson). Culture: Anglo-Saxon. Find recorded from images supplied by North West MDC. Unfortunately no measurements recorded by club.

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 700
Date to: AD 765

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Coin data (numismatics)

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

Type: Series E (Plumed Bird: K) (Type 6) (N 49)
Obverse inscription: plumed bird facing right, tubular body¸ head bent down, triple-forked tail, prominent claws, cross pommee below head, pellets in field
Reverse description: beaded standard with off central pellet in annulet, lines and pellets within and also in margin
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

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)
Parish or ward: Skirpenbeck (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE7557
Four figure Latitude: 54.00359
Four figure longitude: -0.857229
1:25K map: SE7557
1:10K map: SE75NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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