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COIN
Unique ID: ESS-16E342
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 670
Date to: Ante AD 710
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.17 g
Diameter: 11.92 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sceat
Obverse description: Bust facing right, radiate and draped.
Obverse inscription: TIC
Reverse description: Standard containing TOT II, above is a triangle of pellets, beneath and to the sides is a cross patee.
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
To be known as: Layer Marney
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalf, D.M. | 1993 | Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford | Ashmolean Museum and Royal Numismatic Society | 85 | A3 | ||
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 36 | 40 |
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