Record ID: NLM-45F81B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Possibly a Northumbrian styca, as kindly identified by the finder. The ?obverse conforms more closely to the suggested type (cf. Abramson 2006, page 131), but the ?reverse appears figurative rather than literate. Suggested date: issue of 800-867 ?Obverse description: Central ?cross in circular panel; indistinct circumferential legend ?Reverse description: Central boss with the appearance of a left hand spiral radiating from it, with pellets between the curving rays Diameter: 13mm, Weight: 0.79gms
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buslingthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.