Live auction - bmv_1144299 - ENGLAND - ANGLO-SAXONS Sceat au porc-épic, Série E, variété D, revers à l’annelet
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| Estimate : | 220 € |
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| End of the sale : | 30 June 2026 15:44:08 |
Type : Sceat au porc-épic, Série E, variété D, revers à l’annelet
Date: c. 695-740
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Dorestad ou Quentovic
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Weight : 1,15 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court avec une frappe centrée des deux côtés. Très beaux reliefs, avec une patine gris clair, un peu plus sombre au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbare, très stylisée à droite, les cheveux hirsutes ; le nez et l'œil marqués ; une croisette devant la bouche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TRACES DE LÉGENDE EN PÉRIPHÉRIE.
Reverse description : Carré perlé, avec un annelet pointé au centre.
Commentary
Ce type de tête avec le nez marqué et une croisette corresond aux monnaies de la variété D, mais le revers a normalzement un globule dans chaque coin du carré, et non pas seulement l’annelet ! Cette variante semble manquer, tant au catalogue de D. M. Metcalf qu’aux travaux de T. Abramson.
This type of head with the marked nose and a cross corresponds to coins of variety D, but the reverse normally has a globule in each corner of the square, and not just the annulet! This variant seems to be missing, both in the catalog of DM Metcalf and in the works of T. Abramson
This type of head with the marked nose and a cross corresponds to coins of variety D, but the reverse normally has a globule in each corner of the square, and not just the annulet! This variant seems to be missing, both in the catalog of DM Metcalf and in the works of T. Abramson
Historical background
ENGLAND - ANGLO-SAXONS
(7th - 8th centuries)
If the minting of these coins is to be located at the beginning of the 8th century, in Great Britain, it is not exceptional to find them in Gaul. They are often confused with Merovingian silver coins (cf. MONNAIES XIX, n° 503, sceattas c. 680-710, classified in Merovingian denier of Laon). During the 8th century, the style of these pieces is more and more degenerated, they are often in ridge or filled. These coins disappeared from circulation in the second half of the 8th century.
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