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COIN
Unique ID: SF-363424
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver sceat (proto-penny), dating to AD 680-710. Obverse depicting diademed head right in serpent circle; obverse legend illegible. The reverse has a serpent circle (starting at 6 'o clock) enclosing a bird facing right on latin cross with four annulets in angles; reverse legend reads [...]MVA[...]VA three annulets (unbarred A). Unknown mint. Cf. Abramson( 1994, p. 66, no. B100), series BID, type 27b.
EMC 2018.0122
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 680
Date to: Circa AD 710
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.66 mm
Weight: 1.13 g
Diameter: 13.25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: EKE 063
Other reference: Finders reference SS15 375
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: Unknown
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series BId (Type 27b) (N )
Obverse description: Diademed head right in serpent circle
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: Serpent circle enclosing a bird facing right on latin cross with four annulets in angles
Reverse inscription: [...]MVA[...]VA three annulets (unbarred A)
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Eyke
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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