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COIN
Unique ID: YORYM-519D45
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early medieval silver sceatta of series D, type 2c, dating to c. 700 - 715 AD. This group is known as Radiates. The design on the obverse is not easy to see due to wear of the surface but represents a degenerative radiate bust, facing right, with a beaded border at top and bottom and a zig-zag and dot pattern at the top of the coin. The design on the reverse is clearer and portrays a central cross pommee with dots in each of the corners surrounded by a pattern of V and O. This series of coin is Frisian in origin, commonly with runic inscriptions, but was also minted and found in England. The coin has a smooth and shiny patina. Its dimensions are: 11.51mm in diameter and 1.89mm in thickness. The weight of the coin is 1.16g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 715
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.89 mm
Weight: 1.16 g
Diameter: 11.51 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05315
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Skirpenbeck (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7256
Four figure Latitude: 53.99502997
Four figure longitude: -0.90322639
1:25K map: SE7256
1:10K map: SE75NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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