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COIN
Unique ID: SF-38752D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Medieval silver Primary Phase sceatta of Series F (variety b; BMC type 24b) dating c. AD 680-700. Obverse: crude (helmeted?) bust right, with pelleted headdress, regular pseudo-legend around. Reverse: cross on steps, single annulet at end of each limb, pseudo-legend around. Abramsson p. 71, nos. F100 and F120. Metcalfe variety a(1). This coin has been recorded on the EMC as 2018.0410
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 700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.29 g
Diameter: 10.45 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: EMC 2018.0410
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 F (Metcalf b.i) (Type 24b) (N 62)
Obverse description: crude (helmeted?) bust right, with pelleted headdress, regular pseudo-legend around
Reverse description: cross on steps, single annulet at end of each limb, pseudo-legend around
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Beck Row
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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