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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Edessa, post: 4889962, member: 84065&quot;]Thanks very much!&nbsp; I do have a few others. I can&#039;t say that I have yet made a study of each Series or a concerted effort to get different types. As someone on CoinTalk described it, I consider myself a &quot;Magpie Collector&quot; (i.e., bright and shiny objects).</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting thought on Series J. That is worth looking into. Just a quick foray into</p><p>T&amp;S shows that in the introduction to Series J, Metcalf states &quot;Series J is also particularly plentiful (for an English series) in the Low Countries and one needs to formally consider whether all or part of it could be continental.&quot; He goes on to argue that the most likely explanation is extensive trade from York to the continent, but also points out &quot;extremely deceptive&quot; imitations that are likely of continental origin. The result seems to be that he believes that there was a lively trade of both original strikes and good quality imitations from Northumbria to the Rhine Mouth area and back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Imitation Series C, a predecessor of the Series R.</p><p>British Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas. Circa AD 700-710. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.17 g, 2h). Series C imitation(?). mint in Kent(?). Obv: [Radiate] head right; annulet and A to left, epa in Runic to right. Rev: Standard with degraded TOT II legend around; [crosses?] in margins. Ref: EMC 1986.8686 (same rev. die); Abramson 4.70; SCBI 63 (BM), –; SCBI 69 (Abramson), 93; cf. North 41; cf. SCBC 779. From the Ealing Collection. Reportedly found in South Humberside (not recorded in EMC). The cited EMC specimen shares an obverse die with SCBI 69 (Abramson) 93, linking the fine style bust of this coin with a remarkably crude bust. Ex CNG.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180065[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Series J</p><p>British Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas. Circa AD 710-725. AR Sceat (11mm, 0.89g, 11h). Series J, type 85. Mint in Northumbria (probably. Eoforwic [York]). Obv: Large diademed head right within pelleted boarder. Rev: Outline of bird right on cross; quatrefoil to right; annulets flanking cross all within pelleted border. Ref: Abramson 18-19; SCBI 63 (BM), 474-7; North 126; SCBC 802; Mp345. Ex Mike Vosper.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180075[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Series G.</p><p>Continental Sceattas. Circa AD 710/5-720. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.21g). Series G, type 3a. Quentovic mint. Obv: Diademed head right; cross pommée before. Rev: Standard with central pellet-in-annulet, saltires in three angles, trefoil of pellets in one. Ref: Abramson 21.20; cf. EMC 8 Series G, 302-3 (for type); SCBC 800. Seller&#039;s note: This coin was found in the Lincolnshire/Yorkshire region of northern Britain.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180114[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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