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COIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-6A9593
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early medieval sceatta dating from c. AD710-725. Series J, Abramson's type 85. See Abramson J110 for the closest match (p. 50).
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 710
Date to: Circa AD 725
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 11.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny/sceatta)
Mint or issue place: Domburg
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series J (Type 85 [Rigold BIIIb]) (N 128)
Obverse description: bust right
Reverse description: bird on cross pommee
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Claxby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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