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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 4655076, member: 100731&quot;]As if 13 sceatta&#039;s weren&#039;t enough ... When I visited a private seller in the south of the Netherlands to buy an Ambiani AV stater (which I will post later), he must have remembered my weak spot for sceatta&#039;s. This is a somewhat light specimen (0.86 gram; they usually weigh around 1.0 - 1.2 gram), but it&#039;s not uncommon. It&#039;s completely black and shiny, and hence difficult to photograph. </p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, the obverse shows a die break at two places: inside the beak (near the sharp end of the triangle), and near the three pellets between the spine, the standard and the sharp end of the beak. None of my 13 other sceatta&#039;s have die breaks. This, in combination with the lower weight, may point towards an (even less) unofficial mint, or later date.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. </b></p><p><b>AR Sceatta (series E, variety G), minted: Frisia; 690-720 </b></p><p><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/sahwqnw4sox3s5t/WhatsApp%20Image%202020-07-21%20at%2023.03.34.jpeg?raw=1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Obverse: Porcupine&#039; with triangular beak. Spikes ending in dots, not attached to spine. Between beak and spine three pellets; below part of a standard</p><p>Reverse: Square standard of line with dots, inside pellet within annulet, horizontal line above and below ending in dots on each side.</p><p>Weight: 0.86g; Ø:12mm. Catalogue: Metcalf &amp; Op ten Velde (2010) die chain 336-338 (plate 11, The Monetary Economy of the Netherlands, c. 690 - c. 760 and the Trade with England: A Study of the &#039;Porcupine&#039; Sceattas of Series E). Provenance: Ex. Jan van Bergen; acq.: 07-2020</p><p><br /></p><p>I was able to link it to diechain 336-338:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1149158[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I really have a weak spot for sceatta&#039;s ... I already own a Series E variety G. But well, this one did not have a die match and ehm ... it&#039;s not so darkly toned, and ehm... the reverse is partly off-center, ... well here it is:</p><p>ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous.</p><p>AR Sceatta (series E, variety G), minted: Frisia; 690-720</p><p><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/15weqh8dan353su/Anonymous%20-%20Sceatta%20%28series%20E%2C%20variety%20G%2C%20690-720%29.jpg?raw=1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Obverse: Porcupine&#039; figure to the right, pellets above but not connected to spikes, triangle at right end of arc, with three pellets between triangle and arc. Below, upper end of standard</p><p>Reverse: Standard with square around consisting of dotted border, around pellets. Annulet in center, with pellet inside, around four horizontal lines with pellet at one end. Between, two pellets.</p><p>Weight: 1.02g; Ø:12mm. Catalogue: No die match in Metcalf &amp; Op ten Velde (2010) (The Monetary Economy of the Netherlands, c. 690 - c. 760 and the Trade with England: A Study of the &#039;Porcupine&#039; Sceattas of Series E). Provenance: Possibly found near Slappeterp, Friesland. Numis nr: 1150657; acq.: 05-2020[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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