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COIN
Unique ID: SOM-27E990
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Early-Medieval silver mid-late Secondary Phase Series QIIA (Type 64) sceat dating to AD 725 to 745. Bird / walking beast design in the more angular style with trinquetra (trinity knot). Probably minted in East or Middle Anglian area. North (1994:66) no. 136, Plate 1 no.62. Abramson (2006:43) Q360.
Traces of green corrosion are visible on the reverse. Analysis of one example showed they were only 50% silver (Grierson and Blackburn 1986:179-180).
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
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 725
Date to: Circa AD 745
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 12.8 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)
Mint or issue place: Unknown
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series Q III a
Obverse description: Quadraped going left, looking backwards, tail interweaves between legs and ends above the back in a trinquetra (trinity knot).Pellets fill field below the beast. Border of pellets joined by line.
Obverse inscription: None
Reverse description: Bird going right,with splayed or clawed feet, trinquetra (trinity knot) above. Pellets fill field below and beside the bird. Border of pellets joined by line.
Reverse inscription: None
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Somerton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abramson, T. | 2006 | Sceattas - An Illustrated Guide: Anglo-Saxon Coins and Icons | Norfolk | Heritage Marketing and Publications Ltd | |||
| Grierson, P. and Blackburn, M.A.S. | 1986 | Medieval European Coinage, Volume I. The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries) | Cambridge | Cambridge University Press | |||
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |
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