Medieval coin – HCR20706

Obverse

Design:

Bust, right, on a field of two rosettes; 'quincunx' before face; beaded circle border.

Reverse

Design:

Facing figure, with cross-hatched garment; holds two long cross pommées; beaded circle border.

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Anglo-Saxon silver sceat

Group

'Rosettes in Obverse FIeld' Series L (Hill type 68)

Authority

Person

Dating

circa AD 720-760

Mint

Unidentified mint south of the Thames (Medieval)

Denomination

Sceat

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.11

Axis

Diameter (mm)

15.8

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

4/1990

Source

Baldwin

Reference

Metcalf, Thrymsas and Sceattas, vol. 3 : 347

Note:

'Coins with Rosettes in the Obverse Field' (BMC Types 32b and Hill 68), pages 433-434.

This specimen

Yes

Reference

A. Gannon, British Museum A-S Coins I :

Note:

Page 123; Hill Type 68 (ex Lockett, ex Carlyon-Britton, Hill 1953, p.111, Pl. VII.16) is the same type as this coin.

Contributors to this coin record

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