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Thrymsa crude bust type
| Issuer | Early Anglo-Saxon |
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| Year | 620-645 |
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| Currency | Thrymsa (600-675) |
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| Obverse description | Crude, schematically rendered diademed bust facing left, executed in the debased Anglo-Saxon style derived from late Roman and Byzantine prototypes. The portrait is rendered in low relief with simplified facial features, a prominent eye, and a beaded diadem. A small cross or annulet device appears before the face in the field. The flan is irregular, typical of the period, with a beaded border visible around the periphery. |
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| Reverse description | A bold cross pattee with expanded arms dominates the central field, functioning as an orbis cruciger motif. Beneath the cross, three horizontal stepped lines represent a stylised representation of steps or a platform, evoking the Calvary or altar base type derived from Byzantine coinage. A sinuous serpentine figure or degraded inscription curves around the left side of the field. The flan edge is ragged and irregular, consistent with early Anglo-Saxon hammered gold coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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