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Description: | A complete, Early Medieval, struck or hammered, silver alloy, sceatta, secondary phase, Series Q, Variety II Type A (or C). Obverse: Long legged quadruped left, gaping jaws, foreleg raised with a triple ended tail and pellets in the field within a beaded border. Reverse: Single sea bird or eagle left, feet splayed, raised wings and pellets in the field with a beaded border. Mint probably East Anglian Kingdom. Die axis: 7 o'clock. Full circular flan with obverse struck a little off centre. Extremely fine, barely worn condition. Attractive silver colour just a little pale grey tarnish and a very small spot of green verdigris in the centre of the reverse. This is likely to date between 725-745AD. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2014, page 94 No. 809, Thymas & Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museums, Oxford Vol. 3, D.M. Metcalf, Royal Numismatic Soiciety, London 1994, page 492-497 Fig. Types QIIA & B or Fig. Types QIIC, Sceattas an Illustrated Guide, Anglo-Saxon coins & Icons, Tony Abramson, Heritage Marketing & Publications 2006, page 42, Sub-group 3: Quadrupeds and PAS LIN-7207F5 Fitzwilliam Museum 2013.0105. The coin is 13.29mm long, 12.86mm wide, 1.62mm thick, diameter 13.29mm and weighs 1.2g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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