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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nap, post: 2539392, member: 73099&quot;]Hi,</p><p><br /></p><p>I do specialize in the &quot;scetta&quot; and &quot;styca&quot; coinage of Northumbria, and would be happy to discuss your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>FitzNigel is correct, this is an irregular issue thought to be of the time of civil war and the breakdown of effective control of the minting of coins by the political institution.&nbsp; Political strife was frequent in Northumbria during the late 8th and early-mid 9th century.&nbsp; After 793, Viking attacks became more frequent as well, which contributed to the mess.&nbsp; Stycas were presumably a domestic currency, as they lacked considerable amounts of precious metal and would likely have been of little interest to Viking raiders or European merchants.&nbsp; It is not clear when the irregular coins were manufactured- most favor a mid-9th century date, but probably there were imitative coins produced throughout much of the early 9th century</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin imitates known stycas of earlier times.&nbsp; Your example has some wear, but I was able to identify a die match in one of my references- Pirie 2056- which exists at the Yorkshire museum.&nbsp; There are 10 stycas of the same die pair in the Yorkshire museum.&nbsp; One is pictured in the Pirie book.&nbsp; The Pirie book is not an inviting reference, and it&#039;s usually not so cheap, so unless you are looking to specialize in this field I do not recommend picking it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its obverse shows what appears to be +ECEVAID (retrograde)</p><p>Its reverse shows +EADVINI (retrograde)</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is likely an imitation mashup of two earlier coins-</p><p>The obverse mimics the stycas of Aelfwald II which are typically spelled out FLEVALDVS</p><p>The reverse mimics the moneyer Eadwine, usualls spelled out EADVINI</p><p><br /></p><p>Eadwine the moneyer only coined for King Eanred, Aelfwald&#039;s successor (as far as we know) so that&#039;s why it likely is a mashup.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have examples of Aelfwald II and Eanred/Eadwine coins in my Northumbrian gallery if you&#039;d like to see:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=5403" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=5403" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=5403</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin was probably produced in the 840s or 850s, though it could be earlier.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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