File:Early medieval coin, Penny or Skeat (FindID 956628).jpg

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Early medieval coin: Penny or Skeat
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Arwen Wood, 2019-06-04 11:36:19
Title
Early medieval coin: Penny or Skeat
Description
English: A silver early medieval penny or sceat most likely from Frisia, dating to c. AD 700-765. Series E type 800. The obverse depicts quilled crescent with triangular head enclosing pellet eye, bars and a chevron below. The reverse depicts beaded standard with central annulet and angular symbols within and pseudo-legend around. Abramson 2006, page 121, E800.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 700 and 765
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FindIdentifier: 956628
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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/1059846
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1059846/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/956628
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 1 December 2020)
Object location51° 59′ 49.92″ N, 0° 58′ 20.72″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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