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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nap, post: 3222420, member: 73099&quot;]Attribution of sceats is a tricky thing.&nbsp; You can kind-of know where they came from and kind-of know who was king then, but you can&#039;t really attribute them properly as they are uninscribed.</p><p><br /></p><p>For many years, scholars thought the early transitional thrymsas with the runic letters &quot;PADA&quot; were attributed to Peada of Mercia, who was one of the sons of Penda.&nbsp; Now, this is presumed to be incorrect, and Pada was probably the name of a moneyer.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]839269[/ATTACH] </p><p>The runic letters ᛈᚨᛞᚨ are at the top of the reverse, the rest of the inscription is copying late Roman coins</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, there is a coin in the name of Aethelred, which was thought to be the king Aethelred of Mercia (674-705), but is now perhaps considered a moneyer&#039;s name, and while the coin is likely English, a Frisian origin cannot be ruled-out.&nbsp; This riddle will almost certainly not be solved.&nbsp; But at least there is plausibility to this one&#039;s regal attribution since the time it was struck is contemporary to the regal issue of Aldfrith of Northumbria.</p><p>Here are my examples:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]839272[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]839273[/ATTACH] </p><p>Reverse inscription with ᚨᚦᛁᛚᛁᚱᚨᛞ, one clockwise and one counterclockwise (or boustrophedon)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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