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Early Medieval Coin: Sceat of Wihtred of Kent
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North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, 2017-02-23 14:31:16
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Early Medieval Coin: Sceat of Wihtred of Kent
Description
English: Silver coin. Primary sceat of Series C, Spink no. 779, Abramson C1 [internal reference C050, page 7] issue of 700-710, probably of King Wihtred of Kent (690-?710), as kindly identified by the finder. In very fine condition.

Obverse description: Diademed bust right on pyramidal cuirassed neck, ring and pellet and Y behind head. Runic inscription of four characters in front of bust for moneyer Eapa.

Reverse description: Standard with central ring and pellet, two L shaped characters in bottom corners and two angled strokes in top corners, a line flanked by single pellets radiating from each side of standard.

Diameter: 11.9mm, Weight: 1.02gms, die axis: probably 12
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 700 and 710
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FindID: 832795
Old ref: NLM-ECD9BB
Filename: NLM35273.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/603394
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/603394/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/832795
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