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Unique ID: NLM-1A8797
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver coin. Sceat of series E, variety K Abramson ref. E300, Frisian issue of 700-765
Obverse description: A bird with two claws before it and a cross pommee between upper claw and bill. A series of five pellet-ended crescents are behind the bird, and a series of about seven pellets in front of it.
Reverse description: A rectangular standard with central annulet, , with two pellet-ended bars above and below it, and with three pellets to one side and two to the other. A loose pelleted border is interrupted by a single L- or T-shaped figure.
Diameter: 12.4mm, Weight: 1.16gms, die axis: possibly 12
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Frisian style
Date from: Exactly AD 700
Date to: Exactly AD 765
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.16 g
Diameter: 12.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 29th September 2018
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Other reference: NLM40630
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny/sceatta)
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series E (Plumed Bird: J) (Type 6) (N 49)
Obverse description: A bird with two claws before it and a cross pommee between upper claw and bill. A series of five pellet-ended crescents are behind the bird, and a series of about seven pellets in front of it.
Reverse description: A rectangular standard with central annulet, with two pellet-ended bars above and below it, and with three pellets to one side and two to the other. A loose pelleted border is interrupted by a single L- or T-shaped figure
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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