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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-787019
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An early-medieval silver sceat of Series X (type 31), dating to AD 710-760 (or later). Probably minted at Ribe (Denmark) as opposed to an English imitation although the reverse beast lacks the usually seen drooping crest behind the head. Ref: Metcalf 1993: 279-80.
Reference: Abramson X120 (obverse), to the reverse the tail is not forked, has a single pellet below the head and a single pellet before it.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 710
Date to: Circa AD 760
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.54 g
Diameter: 11.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th November 2015 - Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 447
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: Ribe
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series X (Type 31) (N 116/N 117)
Obverse description: Facing, radiate, Wodan head with chevron beard, cross pommee either side, pellet above. All within line border with vestigial beaded border beyond.
Obverse inscription: none
Reverse description: Monster in flight left, looking back, gaping jaws biting raised tail, pellet beneath head/jaws and pellet in front of body. Prominent member and triple-clawed feet below. Line border with beaded border beyond.
Reverse inscription: none
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Hurstbourne Priors (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4348
Four figure Latitude: 51.22957544
Four figure longitude: -1.38555275
1:25K map: SU4348
1:10K map: SU44NW
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 | |||
| Metcalf, D.M. | 1993 | Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford | Ashmolean Museum and Royal Numismatic Society |
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