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Early medieval coin: Sceat
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Surrey County Council, Margaret Broomfield, 2012-09-25 16:38:43
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Early medieval coin: Sceat
Description
English: An early medieval silver sceat, Series E (Secondary type), c.720-40, probably minted in the Netherlands.

The obverse design belongs to Metcalf's variety C, although the obverse is different. Examples of the same obverse/reverse combination are listed in Metcalf and Op den Velde's sub-variety e (based on Variety C), especially numbers 1761-8.

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Metcalf, D M and Op Den Velde, W 2009-10 'The Monetary Economy of the Netherlands, c. 690-c. 760, and the trade with England: a study of the 'Porcupine' sceattas of Series E', Jaarboek voor Munt- en Penningkunde vols 96-7.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 720 and 740
Accession number
FindID: 522162
Old ref: SUR-1CF184
Filename: IMG_0825.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/398211
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/398211/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/522162
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Object location51° 09′ 25.92″ N, 1° 15′ 27.14″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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