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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nap, post: 8336160, member: 73099&quot;]That’s a wonderful coin, congratulations!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Frisian sceattas of the early 700s typically get lumped into the British series, but the gold is typically considered part of the Merovingian series.&nbsp; I am guessing this is partly due to the political history of Frisia during the 7th century, which, to me at least, seems very murky.&nbsp; The independent “Magna Frisia” seems to have only taken off in the late 600s and before (and after) that the region was part of the Frankish empire?&nbsp; But there is a distinctness about the coinage that certainly suggests a lack of full integration into the Merovingian kingdom.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, the coins are well integrated into trade.&nbsp; The hoards found at Sutton Hoo and Crondall both have coins from the continent, including, if I recall, coins from Dorestad.</p><p><br /></p><p>The parallels of the Dronrijp hoard(s) in Frisia and the Crondall hoard in England are worth considering.&nbsp; Both hoards were probably deposited in the 630s, Crondall is a little later but 640s at the latest.&nbsp; At least one Dronrijp type coin is part of the Crondall hoard.&nbsp; However a number of the Crondall English types are only known from their presence in this hoard, suggesting that while continental coins moved across the Channel, English coins from the 620s-640s did not.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coinage of this era is fascinating, and I wish it were less expensive to collect![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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