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Early-Medieval Sceat - Bird on Cross and Head Right
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Cambridgeshire County Council, Helen Fowler, 2013-01-09 13:30:59
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Early-Medieval Sceat - Bird on Cross and Head Right
Description
English: A silver sceat of Early-Medieval date, c.AD.680-c.AD.760. This coin fits into the main group of birds and sub-group I. The obverse shows a diademed head right with crescent ear and angular nose set within a double beaded border. The reverse shows a feathered bird right, sat upon a cross with annulets on the limbs of the cross and a trefoil of pellets below the limbs, set within a tripple beaded border. See Abramson, T. 2006, Sceattas An Illustrated Guide, p.50. Series BIIIC - B550.

Die axis is 9 o'clock, weight is 1.14g, Diameter is 11.91mm, thickness is 1.70mm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 680 and 760
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FindID: 538220
Old ref: CAM-D702B5
Filename: CAM-D702B5.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/410950
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/410950/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/538220
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