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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-93B833
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver sceatta dating to the Early-medieval period, c. AD 675-750. Porcupine sceat with stepped cross, Series E.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 675
Date to: Circa AD 750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.56 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Diameter: 11.95 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th February 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at Somerton 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2010.467
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 (Porcupine/Stepped Cross) (Type 53) (N 150)
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Somerton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4927
Four figure Latitude: 51.939354
Four figure longitude: -1.288628
1:25K map: SP4927
1:10K map: SP42NE
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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