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Kent-0108BE. Early Medieval coin. Sceatta. Obverse view.
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Geoff Burr, 2015-06-16 13:15:49
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Kent-0108BE. Early Medieval coin. Sceatta. Obverse view.
Description
English: A complete, Early Medieval, struck or hammered, silver sceatta coin. Primary Phase, Series B1F. Obverse: Drapery head right in serpent circle. An annulet below chin. Inscription: VAN(TAVMA). Reverse: Bird (dove) on cross within serpent circle, two annulets in the field and two pellets, three annulets below in legend. Inscription: HA[]II?. Mint name: London. Die axis: 7 o'clock. Very fine condition with little wear, silver but grey tarnish over most of the surface and a small bright shiny silver patch at 9 o'clock on the reverse where it had been recently damaged by agricultural machinery. This is likely to date to the late C7th - early C8th. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2014, page 85 No. 777 and Sceattas an illustrated guide, Anglo-Saxon coins and icons, Tony Abramson, Heritage Marketing & Publications 2006, page 6 & 7, page 49 - series B1F & page 60. the coin is 13.74mm long, 13.04mm wide, 1.53mm thick, diameter 13.74mm and weighs 1.3g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 680 and 710
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FindID: 727485
Old ref: KENT-0108BE
Filename: IMG_1850.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/521587
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/521587/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/727485
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Object location51° 23′ 20.76″ N, 0° 15′ 13.77″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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