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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 4904579, member: 100731&quot;]Last week, a seller from whom I regularly buy coins emailed me about two sceatta&#039;s that were &#039;nothing special&#039;. This of course triggered me, and as the price was low, and I just sold a few surplus coins, I snapped this sceatta:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183163[/ATTACH]</p><p>ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Series E), minted: Mint in Frisia; 720-740 AD</p><p>Obv: Porcupine-like figure, with spines ending in pellets. Straight thin spine, ending in steep curve. Four &quot;I&quot;&#039;s below the spine, one attached to spine. Before two pellets. Below a triangle. Before the &#039;beak&#039; five pellets.</p><p>Rev: Square standard of line with dots, inside annulet, horizontal lines above and below ending in dots on each side.</p><p>Weight: 1g; Ø:14mm.&nbsp; Provenance: Ex. Jan van Bergen; acq.: 09-2020</p><p>Plated fourree, seems to be cut from a sheet and partly folded around one sharp edge. iregular, oval-shaped flan (14x12mm). Pleasing oily-grey patina, sharp mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s unusual to find a fourree sceatta. I&#039;ve seen a couple for sale, and these are usually silver washed. This specimen seems plated, as can be seen at 12 o&#039;clock: it looks like two thin sheets of silver with a sheet of bronze in between was sharply struck and then cut. The shape is therefore quite irregular, which is uncommon for sceatta&#039;s. </p><p><br /></p><p>I really like this coin: it&#039;s sharply struck, it&#039;s a relatively scarce contemporary forgery, but judging by how well the dies were cut, it might very well be a forgery from an experienced die-cutter, who made some extra money by minting these. Also, the toning is superb. </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought another sceatta from the same seller as well, but it was less preserved and need some restoration. I will post it later. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the meantime, <b>please post your latest fourrees. </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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