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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AnYangMan, post: 3795917, member: 87271&quot;]Hey, now where have I seen that sceatta before <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Neat collection you’ve acquired in a rather short period of time. Who knows, you might even decide to focus exclusively on these fascinating little buggers! But be prepared for a lot of ‘Maybe’, ‘possibly’ and ‘unknown’.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow, variety-wise, yours should be identified as:</p><p><br /></p><p>Series E (porcupine), secondary continental phase (<i>Kloster-Barthe</i> Phase, c. 720 - c. 740), sub-variety k (mainly a ‘leftover’ group of ‘imitations’, double die-match to a specimen the Kloster Barthe hoard (2534)). These are hypothesised to have been struck in local mints, not attributable to a precise geographic location. One double die-match has been retrieved from an unknown location in the Netherlands, the other indeed from the Kloster Barthe hoard in Germany. So, its origin probably lies somewhere in these regions!</p><p><br /></p><p>Series D (Continental Runetype), Type 2c, sub-variety 3c (with head right (it often faces left in sub-variety 3c), reverse die-match to the major 3c die-chain). Based on find-material, these are quite possibly English imitations of the continental sceattas, which in turn are imitations of early English Sceattas. Quite confusing….. Date should be around 695-715.</p><p><br /></p><p>Series E (porcupine), secondary continental phase (<i>Kloster-Barthe</i> Phase, c. 720 - c. 740), sub-variety d (pronounced ‘Beak’, ToT / \ intact on reverse after British prototype). Quite possibly a die match to the sub-variety d die-chain! Based on distribution maps, this sub-variety d possibly originates from the ‘big river area’ here in the Netherlands. Dorestad has often been named, but there is little direct evidence for this claim.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two works of Op Den Velde &amp; Metcalf on both series D and E are available online through the site of the <a href="https://jaarboekvoormuntenpenningkunde.nl/jaarboek-op-artikel/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://jaarboekvoormuntenpenningkunde.nl/jaarboek-op-artikel/" rel="nofollow">KNGMP!</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And just because I like sharing coins, two of my Sceattas:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014164[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014165[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A rather nice ‘porcupine’, followed by one of the nicest series D, type 8 (also continental, quite possibly a mint in the area around Domburg) I have ever seen![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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