Anglo-Saxon coin

Details

• Title

  Anglo-Saxon coin

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › North Yorkshire › York (mint)

• Date

  circa AD 710-725

• Material and technique

  silver, struck

• Material index

  processed material › metal › silver

• Technique index

  struck

• Denomination

  Sceat

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Dimensions

  15 mm (diameter)
  0.79 g (weight)
  9 o'clock (die-axis)

• Design

  Diademed bust, right; double beaded border. (obverse)

  
  

  Linear bird on cross pommée; annulets to either side of cross; beaded circle border. (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased 1905.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR20639

• Standard URI

  http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR20639

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