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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 8084495, member: 100731&quot;]Hi, that’s worrisome. Could you share images of your coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Regarding your comment on the three horizontal pellets above the back of the monster (reverse): did you check Barrett (1992 White Roses Publisher)? See for a similar reverse type here:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404414[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Especially the reference to the reverse of Belfort 5776 is convincing: there are at least types with three horizontal pellets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, note that a large variation in series X is known to occur, especially in the Frisian imitations. As a moderator the sceatta-section of a Dutch metal detecting forum, I have catalogued 21 series X. Of these, six were bronze. The reverse types (mainly, though the obverse shows variations too) are very diverse, e.g.: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404417[/ATTACH]</p><p>&gt; no pellets above the back, but a oval stripe. Also note the &#039;potin-like&#039; features of this specific coin, suggesting a different minting mechanism than usual for sceattas. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404418[/ATTACH]</p><p>&gt; a similar reverse type, but this time two dots connected by a line</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404419[/ATTACH]</p><p>&gt; idem</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404420[/ATTACH]</p><p>No pellets, but tail ending in a single pellets as our coin</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404421[/ATTACH]</p><p>&gt; three horizontal pellets; tail ending in two lines</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404422[/ATTACH]</p><p>&gt; three horizontal pellets, tail ending in two lines (die match to above?)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>or... what to say about these ones?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404423[/ATTACH]</p><p>which were found in an archaeological dig in Friesland. </p><p><br /></p><p>All these examples are to demonstrate that, while the Danish (Ribe) sceatta&#039;s were somewhat regulated (probably), the contemporary imitations were not. My coin was bought from a metal-detectorist who found it in Friesland (at least, that is what he said). Looking very close to the coin, I find the iron oxide depositions (reverse) and the horn silver depositions (reverse and obverse) convincing. The style is somewhat different than the Danish style (also, both obverse and reverse are minted off-center, which is less common on the Danish coins in my experience).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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