ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas Series E

Code: 10913

ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. AR Sceatt. Series E, Secondary ('Kloster Barthe') phase, porcupine var. Dh. Mint in Frisia (Dorestad). ‘Porcupine’ with triangular head; cross, pellet, and linear ornaments below / Beaded standard, with annulet at center, and chevrons, cross, and I in quarters; pseudo-legend in margin. Abramson 96.10; cf. SCBI 63 (BM), 404/397 (for obv./rev. type); North 45; SCBC 790D. Near EF, lightly toned.

DENOMINATION: Sceatta

CULTURE: SAXON / Frisian

DATE: c. 710 - 750 A.D.

MATERIAL: Silver

SIZE: 12.88mm dia

WEIGHT: 1.01 grams

ATTRIBUTION: SPINK 790

PROVENANCE: Found in Essex