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Description: | An Early-Medieval silver sceatta or 'sceat', Primary and Intermediate series, Series E (porcupine) VICO variety 3, c.695-700 in date. Measures 11.67mm in diameter and weighs 1.07g. Die axis 3, some wear.Obverse: Quilled crescent 'porcupine bust' with triangle and annulet beneath the curve, with other angled lines. Reverse: Square standard with beaded border, containing V and annulet, an incomplete rectangle and a bar. These symbols have been interpreted as standing for VICO, probably after wic, meaning settlement, market, trading port (Abramson 2006 p.41).Reference: Very close indeed to Metcalfe 196, VICO variety 3. See also Abramson E820
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