v53_0692 - ENGLAND - ANGLO-SAXONS Sceat au porc-épic, Série E, variante
MONNAIES 53 (2012)
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Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sceat au porc-épic, Série E, variante
Date: c. 710-760
Mint name / Town : Angleterre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,99 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan court avec un avers centré et complet mais confus. Revers bien net, mais légèrement décentré. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbare, très stylisée à droit (?).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Annelet entouré de deux T et de deux I, posés aux quatre coins ; l’ensemble dans un carré perlé ; une croisette et des globules à l’exergue.
Commentary
D’un style très particulier, ce sceat semble être une mule, associant un avers dit au porc-épic à un revers commun aux séries A et C mais aussi ou groupe VERNVS ou à certaines monnaies de la série E. Si le revers est commun, aucune monnaie d’Oxford, de Cambridge ni même publiée par T. Abramson ne présente un tel avers. Seul le revers du n° 263 d’Oxford se rapproche de notre avers (inversion A/ et R/ ?) !.
Of a very particular style, this sceat seems to be a mule, associating an obverse called porcupine with a reverse common to series A and C but also to the VERNVS group or to certain coins of series E. If the reverse is common, no coin from Oxford, Cambridge or even published by T. Abramson presents such an obverse. Only the reverse of Oxford No. 263 comes close to our obverse (inversion A/ and R/?)!
Of a very particular style, this sceat seems to be a mule, associating an obverse called porcupine with a reverse common to series A and C but also to the VERNVS group or to certain coins of series E. If the reverse is common, no coin from Oxford, Cambridge or even published by T. Abramson presents such an obverse. Only the reverse of Oxford No. 263 comes close to our obverse (inversion A/ and R/?)!
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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