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Sceat - Dorestad

Features

Issuer Frisia (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 695-760
Value 1 Sceat
Currency Sceat
Composition Srebro
Weight 0.70 g
Diameter 11 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
55837
References Metcalf# 180 (p. 88)
David Michael Metcalf. Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford. Royal Numismatic Society, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes).
, SCBI Hunt# 228-229
Anne S. Robertson; 1961. Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles / Volume 2. Hunterian and Coats Collections, University of Glasgow. Anglo-Saxon Coins. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Obverse

(fr) Tête barbare, très stylisée à droite, les cheveux hirsutes ; trois petits segments horizontaux devant la bouche.

Reverse

(fr) Carré perlé, avec un annelet pointé au centre, accosté de quatre petits globules dans les angles.

Mint

Dorestad, Netherlands (600-855)

Comments

(fr) Au cours du VIIIe siècle, le style de ces pièces est de plus en plus dégénéré. Ces piécettes disparaissent de la circulation dans la seconde moitié du VIIIe siècle.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (695-760) 

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