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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-5608D1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Early Medieval copper alloy sceat, series X. This series is thought to originate in Ribe, Denmark around 710-740.
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 710
Date to: Circa AD 740
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 0.67 g
Diameter: 11 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st November 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 X (Type 31) (N 116/N 117)
Obverse description: Facing 'Wodan' head with radiating hair and beard.
Reverse description: Backwards-facing beast with three-forked tail, prominent member and claws, and stylised head and jaws.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Kirby Bellars (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7117
Four figure Latitude: 52.74596864
Four figure longitude: -0.94965856
1:25K map: SK7117
1:10K map: SK71NW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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