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Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) coin: copy of a silver sceat
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Suffolk County Council, Riccardo Caravello, 2018-04-05 12:27:14
Title
Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) coin: copy of a silver sceat
Description
English: A contemporary copy of an Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver sceat (proto-penny), copying a series BI, type 27b, dating to AD 680-710. Obverse depicting diademed head right in serpent circle. The reverse has a serpent circle (starting at 1 'o clock) enclosing a bird facing right on cross with two annulets in the lower angles, one at the bird's tail and one below its head; the last annulet seems to have another annulet or a traces of a cross attached to its upper edge; reverse legend illegible, three annulets are visible. Unknown mint. Cf. Abramson (1994, p. 66, nos. B100).

EMC 2018.0124
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 680 and 710
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FindIdentifier: 896064
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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/1008267
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1008267/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/896064
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