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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-F3580C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A early-medieval silver-washed or silver-plated copper-alloy sceat of Series E, struck on a roughly hexagonal flan. The coin is an imitation of the Primary Phase Variety G, probably dating to the Secondary Phase, c. AD720-40, belonging to a group of imitations with long 'beaks' at an acute angle compared to the curved central line. Ref: Metcalf and Op den Velde 2009-2010, 32, cf nos 564-5.
Obverse: [Quilled] crescent coiled right, pellet eye enclosed within triangular head.
Reverse: Nested beaded standards (two) with central ring-and-dot motif; a cross extends from one corner of the outer standard (the other corners are not visible). Pellets in field.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 720
Date to: Circa AD 740
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.08 g
Diameter: 11.4 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 389
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
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 (Variety G) derivative
Obverse description: [Quilled] crescent coiled right, pellet eye enclosed within triangular head.
Reverse description: Nested beaded standards (two) with central ring-and-dot motif; a cross extends from one corner of the outer standard (the other corners are not visible). Pellets in field.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ropley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6332
Four figure Latitude: 51.0838679
Four figure longitude: -1.10194857
1:25K map: SU6332
1:10K map: SU63SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalf, D.M. and Op den Velde, W. | 2009 | The monetary economy of the Netherlands, c. 690 - c. 760 and the trade with England: a study of the 'Porcupine' Sceattas of series E | Amsterdam | Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Munt- en Penningkunde |
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