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Description: | 710-760AD. Debased silver alloy, struck or hammered, Anglo-Saxon sceatta. Length 12.4mm, Width 12.1mm, Thickness 1.7mm, Diameter 12.1mm, Weight 1.0g. Secondary sceatta, probably series L, type 15. Obverse: Bust right with cross in front with beaded border, no legend. Reverse: Standing figure holds two crosses, one either side of the figure within beaded border and no legend. Possible London mint. Die axis 10 deg. Rather corroded with green verdigris on surface, especially the obverse. Ref:Coins of England and UK, Spinks 2003, page 94 ref. 822 and Thrymsas and Sceattas Vol 3 in Ashmolean Museum Oxford, D.M. Metcalf, Royal Numismatic Soc. & Ashmolean Museum, London 1994 page 413.
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