File:Early Medieval coin, Silver penny or sceat (FindID 940713).jpg

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Early Medieval coin: Silver penny or sceat
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Arwen Wood, 2019-03-15 12:31:59
Title
Early Medieval coin: Silver penny or sceat
Description
English: A silver early medieval penny or sceat, Series K type 32a dating to c. AD 720- 740. Obverse depicts a mantled diademed bust right, crescent ear, knotted wreath ties behind, cupping cross pommee before. Reverse depicts serpent in complete coil anticlockwise, with vestigial body and legs, extending tongue. Abramson 2006, page 62, k470.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 720 and 740
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FindIdentifier: 940713
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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/1049690
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1049690/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/940713
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 4 December 2020)
Object location51° 49′ 05.88″ N, 0° 55′ 34.08″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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