Medieval coin

Details

• Title

  Medieval 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

  33 mm (diameter)
  0.10 g (weight)
  5 o'clock (die-axis)

• Design

  Confronted diademed busts; cross on trifurcate base between; double beaded border. (obverse)

  
  

  Whorl of four simplified birds around small cross pommée; double beaded border. (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Evans Bequest.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR20640

• Standard URI

  http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR20640

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