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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-816D46
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Anglo-Saxon silver sceatta, series E, intermediate type, struck circa 700-710.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 710
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 11 mm
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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)
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series E (uncertain subtype)
Obverse description: Devolved bust right resembling a bird
Reverse description: Standard containing pellet in ring, pellet in each angle
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Heckington Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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