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Unique ID: HESH-B37EA8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Silver sceat, Series E (uncertain subtype), Seocndary Phase type (c.700-750), probably minted in the Netherlands.
North: 45
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
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:
Frisian style
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 750
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 1.01 g
Diameter: 12.1 mm
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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)
Type: Series E (uncertain subtype)
Obverse description: Debased and degraded bust facing right. Bust consists of a curve with a series of curved lines terminating in pellets radiating from the outer edge and four straight lines from the inner edge. Overall the design resembles a porcupine
Reverse description: Standard with centrally positioned pellet within an annulet. This in turn is inclosed by a second circlet / annulet; to either side of the larger circlet are two further pellets. Horizontal pellet terminalled lines are present in the upper quadrants and right angled lines in the lower quadrants of the standard
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 61 | 48 |