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<p>[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 7426964, member: 100731"]Well, [USER=114683]@IMP Shogun[/USER]: here it is! True, you say <i>approximately</i> one more Anglo-Saxon thread. Nonetheless, with your comment in mind, I bit the bullet, asked for a discount from the coin shop that had this sceat in their inventory for a while, and yesterday, it arrived:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1289421[/ATTACH]</p><p>EARLY MEDIEVAL, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Serie F), minted: probably continental; 695-705</p><p>Obv: Bust facing right, wearing helmet with neck guard, large nose to forehead, cross-patte behind. Blundered legend around.</p><p>Rev: Cross on steps, annulets around, blundered legend around (largely off-flan)</p><p>Weight: 1.22g; Ø:11.5mm. Catalogue: Abramson 106-35. Provenance: Ex iNumis Mail Bid Sale 18, lot 385, 19-10-2012; acq.: 04-2021</p><p>Pleasant dark-grey toning. Obverse struck with fresh die; reverse with worn die.</p><p><br /></p><p>A very brief write-up. The Series F is a very distinctive group of sceatta's, probably based on a Merovingian denier from Auxerre, France. The obverse typically shows a bust to the right, with a (weird) hat, thought by some to be a bishops mite (though I've forgotten by whom). The reverse, in this specimen struck with a worn die, usually shows a garbled legend, where, in most cases, the die-cutter didn't even bothered to imitate letters, cutting squares (below):</p><p><img src="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/images/view/1186/1096664l.jpg?md5=71YAxyf1Ghvbw6TQimG_Eg&expires=1618606565" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(not my coin). Such a 'typical' series F is still on my wish list, but the portrait on my coin is really nice, and even better in hand. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I hope [USER=73099]@Nap[/USER] has a similar series F to share, or can add some foundation to my short speculative write-up above. I know, for example, that Metcalf has done a die-study, but I'm unable to locate a copy. [USER=114683]@IMP Shogun[/USER] ... welcome to the club![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 7426964, member: 100731"]Well, [USER=114683]@IMP Shogun[/USER]: here it is! True, you say [I]approximately[/I] one more Anglo-Saxon thread. Nonetheless, with your comment in mind, I bit the bullet, asked for a discount from the coin shop that had this sceat in their inventory for a while, and yesterday, it arrived: [ATTACH=full]1289421[/ATTACH] EARLY MEDIEVAL, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Serie F), minted: probably continental; 695-705 Obv: Bust facing right, wearing helmet with neck guard, large nose to forehead, cross-patte behind. Blundered legend around. Rev: Cross on steps, annulets around, blundered legend around (largely off-flan) Weight: 1.22g; Ø:11.5mm. Catalogue: Abramson 106-35. Provenance: Ex iNumis Mail Bid Sale 18, lot 385, 19-10-2012; acq.: 04-2021 Pleasant dark-grey toning. Obverse struck with fresh die; reverse with worn die. A very brief write-up. The Series F is a very distinctive group of sceatta's, probably based on a Merovingian denier from Auxerre, France. The obverse typically shows a bust to the right, with a (weird) hat, thought by some to be a bishops mite (though I've forgotten by whom). The reverse, in this specimen struck with a worn die, usually shows a garbled legend, where, in most cases, the die-cutter didn't even bothered to imitate letters, cutting squares (below): [IMG]https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/images/view/1186/1096664l.jpg?md5=71YAxyf1Ghvbw6TQimG_Eg&expires=1618606565[/IMG] (not my coin). Such a 'typical' series F is still on my wish list, but the portrait on my coin is really nice, and even better in hand. Anyway, I hope [USER=73099]@Nap[/USER] has a similar series F to share, or can add some foundation to my short speculative write-up above. I know, for example, that Metcalf has done a die-study, but I'm unable to locate a copy. [USER=114683]@IMP Shogun[/USER] ... welcome to the club![/QUOTE]
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