Secondary Sceattas (Sceats) For Sale (Circa 710 - 760 AD)
The 'secondary series' of sceats coincides with a massive expansion of minting all over southern and eastern England; it spread to every major Anglo-Saxon kingdom and formed part of the display of power and authority associated with early kingship. Sceat types can be attributed with some confidence to Wessex, Mercia, Sussex, Essex, Kent, Northumbria and East Anglia. There was widespread copying and debasement of the type, so that the weight fluctuated considerably (ca. 0.8-1.3 grams). We regularly supplement our collection of Secondary Sceats for sale - check back to this page soon.
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| | Anglo-Saxon 'Type 30 Mule Wodan Head' Eclectic Sceattas 022430 | Extremely Rare Anglo-Saxon 'Type 30 Mule Wodan Head' Eclectic Sceattas Silver, 1.10 grams, 11.98 mm. Circa 710-760 AD. Obverse: facing 'Wodan' head with long spiky hair and down-turned moustache, large lenticular eyes, mouth in the shape of a letter R. Reverse: two naked figures standing facing with legs apart, each holding long crosses to the outside; both with exagerated features, the right figure with head turned to face a long shaft in centre terminating with a cross pommee. Abramson P900, M 431, S 835A. Good very fine/very fine. Found Tilbury, Essex, UK. | £550.00  |  |
| | Anglo-Saxon 'Diademed Bust' Secattas 018925 | Anglo-Saxon 'Diademed Bust' Secattas Silver, 0.94 grams, 12.36 mm. Secondary Sceattas, circa 710-760 AD. Obverse: diademed bust right holding in front a short cross, within a pelleted circle. Reverse: pellet border standard with four saltires and large annulet in centre, all within a pelleted circle. M 271-274, S 800A(809). Good fine/good very fine, uncleaned 'as found' condition with a deep grey patination. | £180.00 |  |
| | Anglo-Saxon 'Diademed Heads' Secondary Sceatta 018922 | Anglo-Saxon Series J, Type 37 'Diademed Heads' Secondary Sceatta Silver, 0.88 grams, 13.47 mm. Circa 710-760 AD. Obverse: two diademed heads face-to-face with long cross in centre. Reverse: four stylised birds clockwise around a small cross in centre. Reference: M. 296-300; M.p. 351-3; S. 802A. Very fine and better on a large flan. Provenance: found Sheffield, UK. | £195.00 |  |
| | Series K, Type 42b 'Hound & Berries' Sceatta 011965 | Rare Series K, Type 42b 'Hound & Berries' Sceatta Silver, 0.98 grams; 11.89 mm. Circa 710-760 AD. Obverse: Diademed bust right with a hawk perched on right shoulder facing back enclosed by a pelleted border. Reverse: Hound facing back, short tail and front leg raised with berry branch behind. This type has been associated with being a royal issue as the hawk was a sign of royalty and importance. Ref: Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford by D.M. Metcalf; page 392. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC 2008.0415. S 794; M 313. Very fine. Found Isle of Wight. | £295.00 |  |
| | Series S Type S2 'Female Centaur' Sceatta 010736 | Series S Type S2 'Female Centaur' Sceatta Silver, 0.72 grams; 12.39 mm. Circa 710 – 760 A.D. Secondary Sceattas. Obverse: Female Centaur left, naked female body facing with feathered wings stretched. Reverse: Chain of four circulating wolf heads interconnected with beaded tongues to form a 'Wolf Whorl’. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC 2008.TBA. Metcalf 438 -441; S 831. Good very fine. Found near Didcot, Oxon 2005. | £275.00 |  |
| | Early Anglo-Saxon 'Series K Type 42' Secondary Sceatta 017317 | Early Anglo-Saxon 'Series K Type 42' Secondary Sceatta Silver, 0.66 grams, 11.98 mm. Secondary Sceattas; Series K, Type 42; 710-760 AD. Obverse: bust right with bird on shoulder. Reverse: hound with plant behind. S. 803A; Metcalf, p. 391. Good fine. | £225.00 |  |
| | Anglo-Saxon 'Variety P2, Type 51' Sceatta 012474 | Excessively Rare Anglo-Saxon 'Variety P2, Type 51' Sceatta Silver, 0.78 grams, 12.38 mm. Variety P2, Type 51; 710-760 AD. Obverse: double beaded saltire standard with three pellets in each angle. Reverse: annulet cross in double beaded border, one annulet filled, three pellets in each angle. S. -; Metcalfe -; Abramson P600. Good very fine. | £225.00 |  |
| | Anglo-Saxon 'Moneta Scorvm Issue, Type 51 Mule' Sceatta 013207 | Excessively Rare Anglo-Saxon 'Moneta Scorvm Issue, Type 51 Mule' Sceatta Silver, 0.93 grams, 12.45 mm. Moneta Scorvm issue/Type 51 mule; 710-735 AD. Obverse: beaded standard with annulet-ended saltire within and three pellets between each side of standard and the beaded border. Reverse: annulet cross with two pellets in each angle within a double beaded circle with four annulets. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC 2008.0429. Abram P770 obverse. Almost extremely fine and excessively rare. Found near Canterbury, Kent 2008. | £675.00 |  |
| | Monitascorum Group 'LVNDONIA' Sceatta 012021 | Excessively Rare Monitascorum Group 'LVNDONIA' Sceatta Silver, 1.06 grams; 11.36 mm. Circa 715-750 AD. Obverse: bust right, DELVNDONIA around. Reverse: stylized porcupine left with SCORVM below. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC 2007.0224. Only four other examples of this type recorded on both the Early Medieval Coin Corpus and the (SCBI) Sylloge of Coins in the British Isles. Metcalf, page 436; S. 834a. Obverse delaminated after striking, reverse very fine. | £450.00 |  |
| | Series QR 'Monster' Sceatta 012055 | Rare Series QR 'Monster' Sceatta Silver, 0.82 grams; 12.78 mm. Circa 710-760 AD. Obverse: radiate bust right with large square nose and blundered legend in front. Reverse: sketchy stylized four legged beast walking right with three ended pelleted tail and beak type mouth. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC 2008.0447. Listed as extremely rare. Ref: Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford by D.M. Metcalf; page 498 volume 3. M. 388; S. 832b. Very fine. Found near Linton, Cambridgeshire. | £275.00 |  |
| | Series K, Type 42 'Monster & Berry Bush' Sceatta 011892 | Very Rare Series K, Type 42 'Monster & Berry Bush' Sceatta Silver, 11.24 mm; 0.65 grams. Secondary type, circa 710 – 760 AD. Obverse: The remains of a mantled bust, pearl wreath knot behind, holding small cross pommee. Reverse: Lion or hound-like monster in collar facing back, eating on the berries of a fruiting bush behind. M 312; N 100/1 [classified as very rare by North]; Abramson K210; S 794. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC: 2008.0380. Fair/good fine and rare. Found near Cambridge. | £125.00 |  |
| | Series L, Type 12 Variant 'London' Sceatta 010731 | Rare Series L, Type 12 Variant 'London' Sceatta Silver, 0.76 grams; 12.03 mm. Secondary Sceattas, circa. 710 - 760 A.D. Obverse: Hwiccian style bust, but smaller than usual [see Metcalf p.407] with unusual blundered legend, a small diademed bust right with thin neck and collar made up of three rows of pellets, blundered around, attempt at LVNDONIA +. Reverse: Standing figure holding two crosses with unusual dress and no crescent type boat [cf. type 15]. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC 2008.TBA. S 818 variant; Metcalf 319 – 322. The obverse is very similar to Metcalf p.407 [centre right drawing], but reverse is different - unrecorded ? Good fine. | £285.00 |  |
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