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COIN

Unique ID: NCL-C7A766

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Date from: Circa AD 720
Date to: Circa AD 740

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.72 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 12.45 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

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

Type: Series K (Type 42) (Metcalf a) (plant with berries)
Obverse description: mantled, diademed bust right, knotted wreath ties, small cross before, holding plant with bud
Obverse inscription: none
Reverse description: monster in flight left, looking back with gaping jaws rounds bush bearing berries/buds
Reverse inscription: none
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine