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COIN
Unique ID: NMS-281204
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Gold tremissis of Quentovic, moneyer Dutta, obverse VVICCO FIT, diademed bust right, reverse DVTTA mONET, Cross on steps, diameter 14mm, weight 1.34g, Prou 1125/1126, of quite a pale gold suggesting a date in the first half of the 7th century
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 600
Date to: Circa AD 650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th May 2013 - Monday 27th July 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 29924
Other reference: IND27072015AR
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Walsingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9338
Four figure Latitude: 52.90476662
Four figure longitude: 0.86834517
1:25K map: TF9338
1:10K map: TF93NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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