Live auction - bmv_1091905 - ENGLAND - ANGLO-SAXONS Sceat au porc-épic, Série E, variété G1
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Live starting : Type : Sceat au porc-épic, Série E, variété G1
Date: c. 710-760
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Dorestad ou Quentovic
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Weight : 0,94 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Très agréable monnaie avec des types particulièrement centrés et presque complets avec une frappe vigoureuse et une belle patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbare, très stylisée à droite, les cheveux hirsutes ; le nez et l'œil marqués ; trois globules posés en triangle au bout du nez ; un cartouche contenant un V devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré perlé, avec un annelet pointé au centre, accosté de quatre petits traits bouletés dans les angles.
Commentary
Ce type de tête avec le nez marqué et les trois globules correspond à la variété G1. Une sorte de cartouche se devine devant le visage comme sur l’exemplaire G1, de la figure à la page 217 du catalogue d’Oxford. Cette monnaie se distingue des autres par les trois globules alignés de façon parallèle au nez, et non pas posés en triangle. Au revers, il n’y a qu’un globule de part et d’autre de l’annelet et non pas trois posés en triangle.
This type of head, with its prominent nose and three globules, corresponds to variety G1. A sort of cartouche is visible in front of the face, as on the G1 example shown on page 217 of the Oxford catalogue. This coin is distinguished from others by the three globules being aligned parallel to the nose, rather than arranged in a triangle. On the reverse, there is only one globule on either side of the annulet, not three arranged in a triangle.
This type of head, with its prominent nose and three globules, corresponds to variety G1. A sort of cartouche is visible in front of the face, as on the G1 example shown on page 217 of the Oxford catalogue. This coin is distinguished from others by the three globules being aligned parallel to the nose, rather than arranged in a triangle. On the reverse, there is only one globule on either side of the annulet, not three arranged in a triangle.
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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