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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-98D489
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete silver Northumbrian proto-penny or sceat dating to the period AD 680 - 710. Unclear bird type. Possibly Type B. Series J.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 680
Date to: Circa AD 710
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 11.4 mm
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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)
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series B (uncertain type)
Obverse description: Unclear bird right
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Diademed bust right with cross
Reverse inscription: None
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Preston Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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