Rights Holder: National Museum Wales
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Unique ID: WREX-9F2C2D
Object type certainty: Certain
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Complete silver sceat of Early medieval (Anglo Saxon) date c. 710-750AD. Series E Variety (secondary) Abramason (2012) 96.30, similar to Kloster Barthe Type. Obverse has quilled crescent above over four bars. Reverse has beaded standard enclosing design elements of pellets, annulets and other geometric shapes arranged symmetrically in a cruciform pattern. Symbols (Pseudo runes?) in margins.
Diameter: 11.4mm; weight: 1.2g
Notes:
Recorded in the Corpus of Early Medieval Coins reference EMC 2020.0141 by Martin Allen.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 710
Date to: Exactly AD 750
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 11.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd January 2019 - Thursday 4th April 2019
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Other reference: NWales PAS 190404/4
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sceat
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous (early penny/sceatta)
Mint or issue place: Unknown
Category: Early Anglo-Saxon silver coin (sceatta)
Type: Series E (uncertain subtype)
Obverse description: Quilled crescent above over four bars
Reverse description: Beaded standard enclosing annulets and pellets
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
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