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Anglo-Saxon & Viking A.D. - Currency Numismatics,
Sceat
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Diademed 710-720 AD
Their name derives from an Old English word meaning 'wealth', which has been applied to these coins since the seventeenth century, based on interpretations of the law-code of King Ethelbert of Kent and Beowulf. It is likely, however, that the coins were known to contemporaries as pennies, much like later Anglo-Saxon silver coins. They are very diverse, organised into over a hundred numbered types derived from the British Museum Catalogue of the 1890s, and by broader alphabetical classifications laid out by Stuart Rigold in the 1970s.
The huge volume of finds made in the last thirty years by metal detectorists has radically altered understanding of this coinage, and whilst it is now clear that these coins were in everyday use across eastern and southern England in the early eighth century, it is also apparent that the current organisation is in considerable need of adjustment.
Diademed bust right, with cross in front.
R: Coiled wolf with curled tongue facing right.
Silver sceat of series K, London (?), c. 710-20
The huge volume of finds made in the last thirty years by metal detectorists has radically altered understanding of this coinage, and whilst it is now clear that these coins were in everyday use across eastern and southern England in the early eighth century, it is also apparent that the current organisation is in considerable need of adjustment.
Diademed bust right, with cross in front.
R: Coiled wolf with curled tongue facing right.
Silver sceat of series K, London (?), c. 710-20
Although sceattas present many problems of organisation, attribution and dating, they also carry a breathtaking variety of designs bespeaking extensive Celtic, classical and Germanic influences. These designs include human figures, animals, birds, crosses, plants and monsters, all of which have been recently elucidated by Dr. Anna Gannon in her erudite The Iconography of Early Anglo-Saxon Coinage. Tony Abramson's illustrated guide is a visual route to proper identification specifically for non-experts. In September 2006, this guide was qualified as 'recent'.
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