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COIN
Unique ID: SUSS-D3BF24
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An Early Medieval silver continental sceat minted in Frisia (c. 695-700). The type is know as a VICO, Variety 1b, so named from the letters on the reverse. The obverse shows a quilled crescent curving right enclosing four bars. The metal has darkened consistently into a dull dark grey patina.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Frisian style
Date from: Circa AD 695
Date to: Circa AD 700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.15 g
Diameter: 12.04 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th January 2011
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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 E (VICO 1b) (Type 4)
Obverse description: Quilled crescent enclosing bars.
Reverse description: Standard with central annulet and letters VIC
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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