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Unique ID: LEIC-5FB235
Object type certainty: Certain
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Anglo-Saxon silver sceatta, type identified as the "Aston Rowant" (Oxon) type in D M Metcalf: Thrysmas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Vol. 1 (1993) nos 143-5: cf Series Z: Long-legged hound, as type 66, but in very crude 'match-stick' style, and with triple-tipped tail held over back / Cross-crosslet pattern, with many pellets, very crude and irregular. The coin is in good condition, is 12mm in diameter and weighs 1.06g.
Notes:
Die-duplicate with EMC 1986.0047 (from the 'near Royston' productive site in Herfordshire).
Original secondary identifier: Mike Bonser
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 705
Date to: Circa AD 715
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.06 g
Diameter: 12 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th September 1993
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Other reference: 6
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny/sceatta)
Mint or issue place: Unknown
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Obverse description: Long-legged hound in very crude 'match-stick' style with triple-tipped tail held over back
Reverse description: Cross-crosslet pattern, with many pellets, very crude and irregular
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK6424
Four figure Latitude: 52.809759
Four figure longitude: -1.051973
1:25K map: SK6424
1:10K map: SK62SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Metcalf, D.M. | 1993 | Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford | Ashmolean Museum and Royal Numismatic Society | Vol. 1 | 143-5 |