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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 7949668, member: 100731&quot;]Just to soothen the pain a bith: as all my bids failed, I had some extra budget, and bought (via other sources):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377140[/ATTACH]</p><p>Series E var G5 &quot;XAZA&quot; type. The obverse of this coin is one of the few continental sceats that bear a legend (XAZA; meaning unknown). They are relatively scarce, but not rare per se. The reverse is typical for series E var G, however, there are three specimens known wich pair the G5 obverse with an unusual reverse: a clerical symbol (?) and the legend VVILLI[...] - perhaps standing for Willibrord. Tony sold two of these: in part I a specimen that went for &gt; 1000 GBP, and in part III a similar specimen that sold for 500 GBP (my max was 450 GBP; it was the main aim of the auction). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377143[/ATTACH]</p><p>I bought this one (series E, probably subvar i) from [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER]. His photo is better:</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this coin for two reasons:</p><p>1) it&#039;s in pristine condition, with a remarkably sharp toning on the reverse. </p><p>2) there is something unusual going on at the obverse: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377145[/ATTACH]</p><p>Below the thick lines of the spines, there are thin stripes, barely visible with the naked eye. My hypothesis is that the engraver carved an outline with a sharp chisel, and then used a broader chisel to engrave over these guidelines. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377148[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is a purchase of a few months old. It&#039;s a very abstract series G - just compare it to the one of [USER=109923]@John Conduitt[/USER], which is (probably) earlier and more resembling the Merovingian deniers of the monetarius Adalsar (also sold in part I)</p><p><br /></p><p>I also had my eye on the WIGRAED and TILBERTH series R (8 and 10) sceatta&#039;s in part III. They didn&#039;t go that high, but as my main goal of the auction was one of the last coins, I didn&#039;t go all in. WIGRAED and TILBERTH sceatta&#039;s are the first sceatta&#039;s bearing the name of the monetarius (probably). This is my WIGRAED:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377149[/ATTACH]</p><p>Together with [USER=73099]@Nap[/USER], I conducted a die-study on the WIGRAED coins. We identified about 80 specimens, with this die being the rarest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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