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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
1852,1130.2
Denomination
penny
Description
silver coin.
(whole)
Bust right,upright hair and three straight ties. Drapery with pellets, vegetation motif in front of face.
(obverse)
Delicate Celtic cross with further linear serifed cross inscribed, with four pellets around its centre. In the armpits, four rosettes of pellets.
(reverse)
Cultures/periods
Anglo-Saxon
Production date
720-740
Production place
Minted in:
London (England)
Materials
silver
(AR 45)
Type series
Type 34b (Coin)
('celtic cross and rosette')
Dimensions
Weight:
0.84 grammes
Bibliographic references
Metcalf 1993-94 / Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (3 vols.)
(431)
('imitative')
BMC Anglo-Saxon 1 / A Catalogue of English Coins at the British Museum. Anglo Saxon Series. Vol. 1
(162, p.18)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
symbol
Acquisition date
1852
Acquisition notes
'Included in Bill LIX of Antiquities' (probably not purchased of H.O. Cureton, as stated in Annotated Catalogue).
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
1852,1130.2
C&M catalogue number
BA1 (BMC Anglo-Saxon 1)
(18)
(162)