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COIN
Unique ID: LIN-B29DC7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Anglo-Saxon silver sceatta. Series E, Variety A (secondary).
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 760
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.15 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd April 2018 - Sunday 22nd April 2018
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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 E (Secondary Variety A)
Obverse description: Quilled, serpent head, crescent coiled right, enclosing three bars
Reverse description: Votive standard enclosing TOT; pellet to either side of annulet, diagonal line below left and below right
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Sleaford area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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