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Unique ID: GLO-C0584E
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver Sceat, Series J Type 37, J450, dated to AD 710-725, Obverse description: Diademed heads with braided hair facing each other, a trident-ended cross between them. Reverse description: Whorl of four 'birds' with central cross with pellet ends to its arms. probably minted in york of the Humber estuary area
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 710
Date to: Circa AD 725
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.67 g
Diameter: 11 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2013 - Saturday 1st February 2014
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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 J (Type 37) (N 135)
Obverse description: Diademed heads with braided hair facing each other, a trident-ended cross between them.
Reverse description: Whorl of four 'birds' with central cross with pellet ends to its arms.
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO8726
Four figure Latitude: 51.93235669
Four figure longitude: -2.19048245
1:25K map: SO8726
1:10K map: SO82NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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