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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3088372, member: 74834&quot;]Ever since my dear old aunt gave me a book about British coins (by Seaby, end of the 1960s) I was most fascinated by sceattas. As a boy, they went way above my budget, but some years ago I was able to buy my first one, a Frisian imitation of British sceattas. From my country, for I was born in the north of the Netherlands. </p><p><br /></p><p>That was exciting! And afterwards I bought some more, this is I think the best one: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]778831[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Tiny coin, this is the seller&#039;s pic. AR Sceatta, Frisian type. Crowned head t.r., two runic letters. Rev. Cross with figures derived from lettering. 695-740. 9.5 mm, 1.24 gr. Spink 792. Cf. Grierson nr. 639.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I was (am still) most interested in those with fable animals because there was a real beauty in the Seaby book. But as it turns out, really good coins with nice mythical animals are quite expensive, mine is not a top coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]778832[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AR Sceatta, Eadberht of Northumbria (737-758). Obv. fantastic animal to the left. Rev. EOTBERENTV around a cross. 12 mm, 0.64 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I&#039;m afraid I have to wait until the end of time to find an animal like that on the Wikipedia page of sceattas. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]778835[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]778836[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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