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<p>[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4875619, member: 100731"]Yesterday, together with [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER], I visited the largest coin fair in the Netherlands. I came home with these two lovely coins, both super difficult to capture because of the deep dark toning. </p><p><br /></p><p>First, although I try to focus on sceats from the continent (focusing on <i>Magna Frisia</i>), I couldn't resist this lovely type B sceatta (and especially because of the price at €175! I've eyeballed and bid on several type B's recently, and all sold above 400 USD in similar condition.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177594[/ATTACH]</p><p>ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Series BIb, type 27b), minted: Mint in Essex or East Anglia; c 685-700</p><p>Obv: Diademed bust right, breaking inner border; blundered legend around</p><p>Rev: Bird standing right upon cross; annulets flanking and two dots below; all within <i>ouroboros </i>(snake eating its own tail); three annulets below, blundered legend around</p><p>Weight: 1.19g; Ø:12mm. Catalogue: Abramson 16.10 (I dont own this catalogue yet, but a almost identical one sold in CNG). Provenance: Coin fair Houten; acq.: 09-2020</p><p>Very pleasing dark toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second is much better in hand than on the photo. The low weight suggests a contemporary immitation, and some other details as well:</p><p>- on the obverse, the legend at the left of the bust usually reads "o^o"; here its reads "ovo", i.e. the "v" is flipped upside down. </p><p>- on the obverse, the legend in the front is usually runic; here it seems to be Latin (OIIXV)</p><p>- I have never seen a similar reverse type on any sceatta. We see a dotted square, divided in four equal quadrants by a cross (each line of the cross ending in crosses); within each quadrant a "V", all around a central annulet. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177606[/ATTACH]</p><p>ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Series R), minted: ;</p><p>Obv: Debased head to the right, runic legend in front and behind</p><p>Rev: Square standard divided in four equal parts by a cross; within V's</p><p>Weight: 0.72g; Ø:11mm. Catalogue: . Provenance: Coin fair Houten; acq.: 09-2020</p><p><br /></p><p>As usual, I would appreciate any additional information. I hope [USER=73099]@Nap[/USER] would show some of his type B and R and provide some background: I don't really know that much about these two distinct types.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4875619, member: 100731"]Yesterday, together with [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER], I visited the largest coin fair in the Netherlands. I came home with these two lovely coins, both super difficult to capture because of the deep dark toning. First, although I try to focus on sceats from the continent (focusing on [I]Magna Frisia[/I]), I couldn't resist this lovely type B sceatta (and especially because of the price at €175! I've eyeballed and bid on several type B's recently, and all sold above 400 USD in similar condition.) [ATTACH=full]1177594[/ATTACH] ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Series BIb, type 27b), minted: Mint in Essex or East Anglia; c 685-700 Obv: Diademed bust right, breaking inner border; blundered legend around Rev: Bird standing right upon cross; annulets flanking and two dots below; all within [I]ouroboros [/I](snake eating its own tail); three annulets below, blundered legend around Weight: 1.19g; Ø:12mm. Catalogue: Abramson 16.10 (I dont own this catalogue yet, but a almost identical one sold in CNG). Provenance: Coin fair Houten; acq.: 09-2020 Very pleasing dark toning. The second is much better in hand than on the photo. The low weight suggests a contemporary immitation, and some other details as well: - on the obverse, the legend at the left of the bust usually reads "o^o"; here its reads "ovo", i.e. the "v" is flipped upside down. - on the obverse, the legend in the front is usually runic; here it seems to be Latin (OIIXV) - I have never seen a similar reverse type on any sceatta. We see a dotted square, divided in four equal quadrants by a cross (each line of the cross ending in crosses); within each quadrant a "V", all around a central annulet. [ATTACH=full]1177606[/ATTACH] ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Series R), minted: ; Obv: Debased head to the right, runic legend in front and behind Rev: Square standard divided in four equal parts by a cross; within V's Weight: 0.72g; Ø:11mm. Catalogue: . Provenance: Coin fair Houten; acq.: 09-2020 As usual, I would appreciate any additional information. I hope [USER=73099]@Nap[/USER] would show some of his type B and R and provide some background: I don't really know that much about these two distinct types.[/QUOTE]
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