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COIN
Unique ID: SF-3B4FCB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver primary series Anglo-Saxon sceatta, possibly Series B1b, c.680-710 AD. As Metcalf, 1993: pp. 97; Abramson, 2006: no. B350.
EMC 2017.0096
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 680
Date to: Circa AD 710
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.16 g
Diameter: 11.78 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's Ref.: NH14 118; EMC 2017.0096
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 BIb (Type 27b) (N 126)
Obverse description: Diademed bust(?) right, within serpent circle
Obverse inscription: []VSAm[]
Reverse description: Bird on cross within serpent circle, annulets to each side of the cross
Reverse inscription: []AmVH[]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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