NARC-1E412C: NARC-1E412C : Sceatta : degenerate TOTII

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COIN

Unique ID: NARC-1E412C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete silver Sceatta dating to the period AD 710-765. Obverse depicting quilled crescent (porcupine) enclosing three bars. Reverse depicting a beaded standard with degenerate TOTII design.

Diameter: 11.35mm, Thickness: 1.52mm, Weight: 0.6g

Abramson, P 86, No E100

EMC 2019.0106.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 710
Date to: Circa AD 765

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.52 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 11.35 mm

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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 (Porcupine/Stepped Cross) (Type 53) (N 150)
Obverse description: Quilled crescent enclosing four bars; the bars are linked by a series of oblique segments Reverse description: Beaded standard with degenerate TOTII design
Reverse inscription: TOTII
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Edlesborough (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP9718
Four figure Latitude: 51.85217468
Four figure longitude: -0.59309404
1:25K map: SP9718
1:10K map: SP91NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Abramson, T.	2006	Sceattas - An Illustrated Guide: Anglo-Saxon Coins and Icons	Norfolk	Heritage Marketing and Publications Ltd	86	E100

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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