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Unique ID: SUR-53AB4D
Object type certainty: Certain
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An early-medieval silver sceat of Secondary Phase Series E (Metcalf and Op den Velde variety d), minted in the Netherlands, c.AD720-40. Ref: Metcalf and Op den Velde 2009-10: 46, pl.43-4, nos. 1470-3.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 720
Date to: Circa AD 740
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.12 g
Diameter: 11.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th October 2016
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Other reference: 16-1713
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny/sceatta)
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series E (Secondary) (Type 4)
Obverse description: A debased head facing right / quilled crescent.
Obverse inscription: none
Reverse description: A beaded standard containing TOT L I (I on its side).
Reverse inscription: none
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU2749
Four figure Latitude: 51.23954521
Four figure longitude: -1.61461638
1:25K map: SU2749
1:10K map: SU24NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Metcalf, D.M. and Op den Velde, W. | 2009 | The monetary economy of the Netherlands, c. 690 - c. 760 and the trade with England: a study of the 'Porcupine' Sceattas of series E | Amsterdam | Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Munt- en Penningkunde |