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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-63D263
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An 8th-century silver-plated copper-alloy, possibly irregular, early-medieval (intermediate/Continental) sceat of Series X, type 31 (c. 710 - c. 740 AD; North 116; Abramson 2006, 74)
Notes:
This record was made at a rally and may thus fall below our usual standards of recording
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 710
Date to: Circa AD 740
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 0.78 g
Diameter: 12.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th September 2010 - Sunday 19th September 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at Urchfont 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 26
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: Woden head, cross by neck
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Beast going left head facing back right
Reverse inscription: None
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Urchfont
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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