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Anglo Saxon Sceat
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Megan Gard, 2020-01-23 08:00:29
Title
Anglo Saxon Sceat
Description
English: An Early Medieval Silver sceat, dating to 720 - 725. Series M sceat.  On the obverse a sinuous animal standing right; head tilted backwards, pointed ear, long tongue extending downards from open mouth; one front and one hind leg visible, both bent at 90 degrees; curved tail extending upwards from back, pellet within curve; six pellets beneath animal; circular pellet border surrounding. On the reverse are spiral ornamented vines and leaves.

Reference: North Volume 1 p, 67 cf 143 
Abramson (2006) Series M, type 45, variety b p. 42, M100
Abramson (2012) P 152, 61.50

BMC 45

Diameter: 11.34 mm
Weight: 1.04 g

See BH-67BC50
Depicted place (County of findspot) Dorset
Date between 720 and 725
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FindIdentifier: 989194
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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/1089263
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1089263/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/989194
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Object location50° 57′ 20.16″ N, 2° 07′ 53.54″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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