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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2430606, member: 76181&quot;]Finally, someone who can identify with me (pun intended)</p><p><br /></p><p>Sceattas and Styca&#039;s are quite out of my wheelhouse. I did have a Cnut penny that was in pretty good condition. EF with peck marks, but I assumed it went into the ground early. </p><p><br /></p><p>I thought a sceat in circulation for 75-150 years would be far more worn. Perhaps this is what 150 years wear looks like? </p><p><br /></p><p>I would be thrilled to see a photo of your example. There is one on-line with a styca that looks very similar to mine in shape, but it is on a pinterest that no longer exists. A lead weight with an Anglo-Saxon coin in it, seems to be rare as hens teeth. I have read a half dozen pdfs on-line and have searched photos for days. They are mentioned, but there is not much out there. </p><p><br /></p><p>The weight system is another matter. It is either complex or sloppy and people are making it complex.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will let you know what I discover.....although I am running out of avenues. I can&#039;t find anything equivalent in museum photos either yet. Might write to one.</p><p><br /></p><p>btw Under a loop, I can see small smooth pebbles, embedded in some of the crannies that appear in the lead (Pb) They look like sand grains, quartz for the most part.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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