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Object Type
Museum number: 1933,0603.7
Denomination: penny
Description: silver coin. (whole); Facing figure standing on lunette shape. Two pellets as breasts(?), so maybe figure is female. Long hair parted as two plaits. The figure holds two long crosses. Shoulders and hands angular. (obverse); Delicate Celtic cross. In the centre of the cross and within the armpits, rosettes of pelllets. The central one has a large pellet in the centre, the others are empty. Large pellets are also featured on the arms of the cross. (reverse)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 720-740
Production place: Minted in: London (England)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Whitby (North Yorkshire)
Materials
Type series
Dimensions: Weight: 0.87 grammes
Bibliographic references: Hill 1953 / Uncatalogued Sceattas in the National and Other Collections (104, Type 12/34); Metcalf 1993-94 / Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (3 vols.) (430)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1933
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1933,0603.7
Conservation

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