File:Early medieval coin, Penny or sceat (FindID 934988).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (2,520 × 1,344 pixels, file size: 1.01 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Early medieval coin: Penny or sceat
Photographer
The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Arwen Wood, 2019-01-21 10:30:35
Title
Early medieval coin: Penny or sceat
Description
English: A silver early medieval penny or sceat, possibly sub group 2, Wodan series X dating to c. AD 710- 760. Obverse depicts facing 'Wodan' head with distinct brow and exuberant flowing or radiant hair and beard, saltire pommee either side. The reverse depicts an annulet cross in a circle, pellets in annulets, pellets and trefoils forming pellet cross in angles, double beaded border enclosing wire line, chevrons beyond.

Abramson 2006, page 73, P780.

The coin is extremely worn and damaged.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 710 and 760
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 934988
Credit line
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/1042336
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1042336/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/934988
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Attribution License
Object location51° 13′ 17.04″ N, 1° 23′ 05.32″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current02:53, 4 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 02:53, 4 December 20202,520 × 1,344 (1.01 MB) (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, BUC, FindID: 934988-1042336, early medieval, page 577, batch count 1448

Metadata