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COIN
Unique ID: SF-38141E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver sceat (proto-penny), dating to AD 700-765. Obverse depicting quilled crescent above insect-like creature, illegible letters below. Reverse type depicting beaded standard with central pellet in annulet and bars in angles. Issued in Frisia. Cf. Abramson (1994, p. 121, no. E220), series E, variety G4.
EMC 2018.0117
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 700
Date to: Circa AD 765
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.35 mm
Weight: 1.17 g
Diameter: 12.07 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 338
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)
Obverse description: Quilled crescent above insect-like creature
Obverse inscription: [...]
Reverse description: Beaded standard with central pellet in annulet and bars in angles
Reverse inscription: -
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
No references cited so far.
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