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COIN

Unique ID: HAMP3895

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Early medieval silver sceat, series F (type 24b), c.695-705.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording. The record was updated using the information provided in the original record.

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 695
Date to: Circa AD 705

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.19 g
Diameter: 11 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st October 2002

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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: Unknown
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)

Type: Series F (uncertain subtype) (Type 24a/b) (N 61)
Obverse description: Crude bust right
Obverse inscription: Blundered legend
Reverse description: Cross on steps with annulet at end of each horizontal limb and in each lower angle
Reverse inscription: Blundered legend

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Little Somborne (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU3834
Four figure Latitude: 51.104047
Four figure longitude: -1.458632
1:25K map: SU3834
1:10K map: SU33SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
North, J.J.	1994	English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272	London	Spink and Son Ltd	35	no. 62 (BMC 24b)

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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