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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-483608
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An early Medieval contemporary copy of a silver sceatta. Copying a Series E 'Porcupine' Type sceat (c. 675-c. 750). Not further defined. Obverse: 'Porcupine' bust right Reverse: Square beaded standard, annulet at centre within. Uncertain mint and uncertain moneyer. The coin appears to have an Iron core which has been silver plated. Corrosion obscures one side of the coin, so the series classification is uncertain.
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 675
Date to: Circa AD 750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 6 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Secondary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny/sceatta)
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series E (uncertain subtype)
Obverse description: Unclear 'Porcupine' bust right Reverse
Reverse description: Square beaded standard, annulet at centre within lines
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
To be known as: Lenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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