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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 4545977, member: 100731&quot;]Then the series E, which includes many, many varieties and subtypes. The main style however is the &#039;porcupine&#039;, which is obviously not a porcupine - in fact, nobody really knows what the spiky figure on the obverse (or is it the reverse?) is, and to avoid confusion, it was agreed to call it a porcupine as this it is certainly <i>not</i> a porcupine. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are many varieties, either grouped per reverse or obverse. Here are some common and less common ones:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125413[/ATTACH] </p><p>ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (series E ‘Ashton Rowant’ phase, stepped cross var. (type 53)), minted: Frisia; 690-715 AD</p><p>Obv: Degenerate &#039;porcupine&#039; head to the right, with dot in annulet, (part of a) standard below, pellets around</p><p>Rev: Stepped cross with pellet-in-annulet at center and pellets around between arms of the cross</p><p>Weight: 0.81g; 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: Ex. J. van Bergen; acq.: 11-2019</p><p>Broken in half, glued. Relatively rare</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125414[/ATTACH] </p><p>ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Series E, Primary (&#039;Ashton Rowant&#039;) phase, plumed bird var. J (Type 6)), minted: Probably Dorestad, Frisia (the Netherlands); 695/700-710/5</p><p>Obv: Plumed bird’ right; cross pommée to right and below</p><p>Rev: Standard with central pellet-in-annulet, four bars, and two trefoils; crosses at sides, dots around</p><p>Weight: 0.68g; Ø:12mm. Catalogue: Metcalf &amp; Op ten Velde (2010) die chain 8-10 (plate 1, 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. J. van Bergen collection; acq.: 11-2019[ATTACH=full]1125415[/ATTACH] ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (series E, Primary (&#039;Ashton Rowant&#039;) phase, plumed bird var. L (Type 6)), minted: Possibly Dorestad (The Netherlands); 695/700-710/5 AD</p><p>Obv: “Plumed bird” right; pellet-in-annulet below beak</p><p>Rev: Standard; pellet-in-annulet at center and in corners, separated by either double- or triple-pellet groups; lines in margin</p><p>Weight: 1g; 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: Found in province of Zeeland (the Netherlands) 2018. Ex private collection 11-2019; acq.: 11-2019[ATTACH=full]1125417[/ATTACH] ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Series E, variety G), minted: Netherlands; 690-720</p><p>Obv: 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>Rev: 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: . Provenance: Possibly found near Slappeterp, Friesland; acq.: 05-2020</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125416[/ATTACH]</p><p>ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (series E, sub-variety D), minted: Possibly Dorestad (The Netherlands); 720-740 AD</p><p>Obv: Purcipine type, &quot;V&quot; near head, small cross at the left</p><p>Rev: Square, with central annulet. Two &quot;T&quot; at each side, / \ below, with two pellets in between.</p><p>Weight: 0.98g; Ø:11mm. 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: Ex private collection (10-2019); acq.: 10-2019</p><p>Series E (porcupine), secondary continental phase (Kloster-Barthe 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>[ATTACH=full]1125418[/ATTACH] ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (series E, sub-variety K), minted: The Netherlands to Eastern Germany; 720-740 AD</p><p>Obv: Porcupine type with four legs</p><p>Rev: Beaded square with cross above and to the left. Central annulet with dot inside. Four beaded lines around in &#039;swatsika pattern&#039;.</p><p>Weight: 0.79g; Ø:1.3mm. Catalogue: Metcalf &amp; Op ten Velde (2010) die chain 2534-2535 (plate 72, 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 private collection (10-2019); acq.: 10-2019</p><p>Series E (porcupine), secondary continental phase (Kloster-Barthe 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>Hope you enjoy these coins as much as I do. They receive way too little attention on cointalk <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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