coin

Details

• Date

  circa AD 730-740

• Denomination

  Sceat

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Design

  Female centaur, left, marching; torso forward; pelleted tail; feathered limbs, possibly arms weilding palm fronds; beaded circle border. (obverse)

  
  

  Whorl of three serpents with animal heads, clockwise, around central boss; heads with open fangs; tongue of pellets curved over next animal; circle border (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR20827

• Standard URI

  http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR20827

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