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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3649030, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>England (Anglo-Saxon): silver sceat, struck in Essex or East Anglia, ca. 685-700 AD</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ptAayMRRJe8gdSwWKP9V_rob_coins_shadow%20box_old%20roman%20maybe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse: </b><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadem" rel="nofollow">Diademed</a> bust right within <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros" rel="nofollow">ouroboros</a>; blundered legend around.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse: </b>Bird standing right atop cross; <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annulet_(heraldry)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annulet_(heraldry)" rel="nofollow">annulets</a> flanking; all within ouroboros; blundered legend around. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Issuing authority: </b>uncertain <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons" rel="nofollow">Anglo-Saxon</a> mint in <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Essex" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Essex" rel="nofollow">Essex</a> or <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_East_Anglia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_East_Anglia" rel="nofollow">East Anglia</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Composition, diameter, weight: </b>12.5 mm, 1.10 g, 3h.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Grade, certification:</b> VF, light deposits.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reference attribution: </b>Series BI A/C, type 27b. Abramson 16.40; SCBI 69 (Abramson), 56; North 126; SCBC 777 (per CNG).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Provenance: </b>ex-Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 445, Lot 695, 5 June, 2019.<a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=383486#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=383486#" rel="nofollow">*</a> Previously "from the Ealing Collection, purchased from John Cummings, November 1996."</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Notes: </b>these small <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceat" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceat" rel="nofollow">sceats</a> are a fascinating glimpse into the so-called "<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages" rel="nofollow">Dark Ages</a>", during the post-Roman period of tribal migrations. It was a time of transition from<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism" rel="nofollow">paganism</a> to Christianity, and these coins often show elements of both, featuring mysterious birds and beasts as well as crosses. This one has not only a cross and bird, but some wonderful ouroboros "snake circles" used as borders on both sides as well. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This coin is from the time in which the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf" rel="nofollow">Beowulf</a> legend was set, though it predates the earliest manuscript of that saga by about three centuries.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Additional images:</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ptAayMRRJe8gdSwWKP9V_rob_coins_shadow%20box_old%20roman%20maybe.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ptAayMRRJe8gdSwWKP9V_rob_coins_shadow%20box_old%20roman%20maybe.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ptAayMRRJe8gdSwWKP9V_rob_coins_shadow%20box_old%20roman%20maybe.jpg?w=95&h=95" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Ojhm9YTm6Sc54IowNlXQ_4450695.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Ojhm9YTm6Sc54IowNlXQ_4450695.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Ojhm9YTm6Sc54IowNlXQ_4450695.jpg?w=95&h=95" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3649030, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]England (Anglo-Saxon): silver sceat, struck in Essex or East Anglia, ca. 685-700 AD[/B] [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ptAayMRRJe8gdSwWKP9V_rob_coins_shadow%20box_old%20roman%20maybe.jpg[/IMG] [B]Obverse: [/B][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadem']Diademed[/URL] bust right within [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros']ouroboros[/URL]; blundered legend around. [B]Reverse: [/B]Bird standing right atop cross; [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annulet_(heraldry)']annulets[/URL] flanking; all within ouroboros; blundered legend around. [B]Issuing authority: [/B]uncertain [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons']Anglo-Saxon[/URL] mint in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Essex']Essex[/URL] or [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_East_Anglia']East Anglia[/URL]. [B]Composition, diameter, weight: [/B]12.5 mm, 1.10 g, 3h. [B]Grade, certification:[/B] VF, light deposits. [B]Reference attribution: [/B]Series BI A/C, type 27b. Abramson 16.40; SCBI 69 (Abramson), 56; North 126; SCBC 777 (per CNG). [B]Provenance: [/B]ex-Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 445, Lot 695, 5 June, 2019.[URL='https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=383486#']*[/URL] Previously "from the Ealing Collection, purchased from John Cummings, November 1996." [B]Notes: [/B]these small [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceat']sceats[/URL] are a fascinating glimpse into the so-called "[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages']Dark Ages[/URL]", during the post-Roman period of tribal migrations. It was a time of transition from[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism']paganism[/URL] to Christianity, and these coins often show elements of both, featuring mysterious birds and beasts as well as crosses. This one has not only a cross and bird, but some wonderful ouroboros "snake circles" used as borders on both sides as well. This coin is from the time in which the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf']Beowulf[/URL] legend was set, though it predates the earliest manuscript of that saga by about three centuries. [B]Additional images:[/B] [B][URL='https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ptAayMRRJe8gdSwWKP9V_rob_coins_shadow%20box_old%20roman%20maybe.jpg'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ptAayMRRJe8gdSwWKP9V_rob_coins_shadow%20box_old%20roman%20maybe.jpg?w=95&h=95[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Ojhm9YTm6Sc54IowNlXQ_4450695.jpg'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Ojhm9YTm6Sc54IowNlXQ_4450695.jpg?w=95&h=95[/IMG][/URL][/B] [/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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