E-auction 140-80174 - bmv_220104 - ENGLAND - ANGLO-SAXONS Sceat aux têtes affrontées et à l’oiseau retourné, Série J, type 72
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 36 € |
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| End of the sale : | 21 December 2015 15:19:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Sceat aux têtes affrontées et à l’oiseau retourné, Série J, type 72
Date: c. 710-760
Mint name / Town : Angleterre (sud-est)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 0,71 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie avec un droit un peu mou mais identifiable. Le revers est quant à lui d’une qualité hors du commun, avec de très beaux reliefs, mais une concrétion à retirer sur la partie gauche du flan. Sinon patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Deux têtes face à face, une croix posée sur une base entre les deux ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TRACES DE LÉGENDE.
Reverse description : Oiseau retourné à droite, retournant la tête en arrière, vers la gueule d’un monstre (?) dont le corps est formé d’un cordon perlé.
Commentary
Ce type reprend la même typologie de droit que le “Sceat aux têtes affrontées et aux 4 oiseaux, Série J, type 37”, mais associée à un revers à l’oiseau retourné.
Lors du catalogue d’Oxford, D. M. Metcalf précisait que ce type n’était connu que par une douzaine d’exemplaires ; 4 furent trouvés à Dombourg, 2 sont conservés au cabinet de Bruxelles, un à Paris... Aucune trouvaille n'avait été signalée dans le centre ni dans le nord de l’Angleterre. Il précise en outre, que la qualité artistique des coins est assez médiocre en comparaison des autres monnaies de la série J.
This type uses the same obverse typology as the “Sceat with facing heads and 4 birds, Series J, type 37”, but associated with a reverse with an upturned bird. In the Oxford catalogue, DM Metcalf specified that this type was known from only a dozen examples; 4 were found in Domburg, 2 are kept in the Brussels office, one in Paris... No finds had been reported in the center or the north of England. He further specifies that the artistic quality of the dies is quite poor in comparison with other coins in Series J
Lors du catalogue d’Oxford, D. M. Metcalf précisait que ce type n’était connu que par une douzaine d’exemplaires ; 4 furent trouvés à Dombourg, 2 sont conservés au cabinet de Bruxelles, un à Paris... Aucune trouvaille n'avait été signalée dans le centre ni dans le nord de l’Angleterre. Il précise en outre, que la qualité artistique des coins est assez médiocre en comparaison des autres monnaies de la série J.
This type uses the same obverse typology as the “Sceat with facing heads and 4 birds, Series J, type 37”, but associated with a reverse with an upturned bird. In the Oxford catalogue, DM Metcalf specified that this type was known from only a dozen examples; 4 were found in Domburg, 2 are kept in the Brussels office, one in Paris... No finds had been reported in the center or the north of England. He further specifies that the artistic quality of the dies is quite poor in comparison with other coins in Series J
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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