bmv_253254 - ENGLAND - ANGLO-SAXONS Sceat continental à l’oiseau, Série E, variété K
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Price : 220.00 €
Type : Sceat continental à l’oiseau, Série E, variété K
Date: c. 695-740
Mint name / Town : Dorestad ou Quentovic
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,08 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très belle petite monnaie, bien frappée et centrée, sur un flan un tout petit peu court. Très belle patine sur des reliefs très saillants
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Un oiseau de profil à droite ; une petite croisette et un globule sous la tête.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TRACES DE LÉGENDE.
Reverse description : Carré perlé, avec un annelet pointé au centre ; dans les angles, quatre traits horizontaux.
Commentary
Bien que traité “à la mérovingienne”, l’oiseau du droit prend sans doute son inspiration dans le bestiaire des monnaies gauloises (cf. les bronzes à l’aigle des Carnutes ou des Sénons). D. M. Metcalf illustre le bronze LT. 6108 comme prototype (cf. page 206 de son ouvrage).
Although treated in the “Merovingian style”, the bird of law probably takes its inspiration from the bestiary of Gallic coins (cf. the bronze eagles of the Carnutes or the Senones). DM Metcalf illustrates the bronze LT. 6108 as a prototype (cf. page 206 of his work)
Although treated in the “Merovingian style”, the bird of law probably takes its inspiration from the bestiary of Gallic coins (cf. the bronze eagles of the Carnutes or the Senones). DM Metcalf illustrates the bronze LT. 6108 as a prototype (cf. page 206 of his work)
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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