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COIN
Unique ID: WAW-73A998
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Medieval coin: silver sceat of an unknown mint and ruler. Series E 'Porcupine Type'; North No. 48. Minted between 675 and 750 AD. Abramson Series E: Cruciform reverse (Variety C Secondary) Type 30.
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 675
Date to: Circa AD 750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.14 g
Diameter: 11.36 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 27th January 2017 - Thursday 27th April 2017
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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)
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series E (Secondary Variety C)
Obverse description: Quilled crescent enclosing three bars, chevron and annulet.
Reverse description: Beaded standard with a central annulet, pellet in each corner and a chevron either side. Motifs on the exterior are not clear.
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
To be known as: Bidford-on-Avon area
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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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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