Sceat Series G; Type 3a

Sceat (Series G; Type 3a) - obverseSceat (Series G; Type 3a) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Early Anglo-Saxon (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 710-760
Value 1 Sceat
Composition Silver
Weight 1 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
307728
References Sp# 800,
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.
Metcalf# 267-70
David Michael Metcalf; 1993. Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford / Volume 1. Gold Coinage. Royal Numismatic Society, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Diademed and draped bust right, radiating hair, beads before, almond-shaped eye, crescent ear and collar, cross pommée before lips.

Lettering: [uninscribed]

Reverse

Beaded standard, central pellet-in-annulet, saltire crosses in corners, pellets between.

Lettering: [uninscribed]

Comments

Early Anglo-Saxon period (c.600-c.775), Sceatta coinage (c.675-c.760), Secondary Phase Sceattas (c.710-c.760), Series G, Type 3a. Abr. 21

This coinage was issued in all the main regions of southern and eastern England (this type probably minted in Quentovic, France).

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (710-760) 

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