DD22 – ANGLO-SAXON, East Saxon Kingdom, Lundenwic (London mint), (c. A.D. 680 - c. A.D. 710), Primary Series, Silver Sceat or Sceatta (Penny), 1.18g., Series BI, diademed bust right, [VA]NTIAV, pseudo legend around, rev., bird on cross with small cross right, an annulet either side, within serpent circle, AVAIIIOOO, (S.777; Metcalf 100-106), very fine or better. $250

H4034 – The Kingdom of Northumbria, probable mint at York, (c.710-c.725), perhaps attributable to the joint reign of King Coenred (716-718) and the Archbishop of York, circa 710-725, Silver Sceatta, 0.92g., Series J, Type 37, confronted heads with cross on base between them, rev., cross with four circling birds within double border (Metcalf 296; BMC 166; N.135; S.792), fine, very rare. $130

Many examples of this type have been found at the site of the Frankish emporium of Domburg in the Scheldt estuary (Netherlands) and the type has attributed to a mint there. Abramson comments that “…the lack of variety and absence of regal or ecclesiastical motifs are indicative of a commercial issuing authority anxious to retain a recognized and accepted type”. The Apa name in runes is most probably that of a moneyer. These circumstances led to the retention of the design at the expense of its aesthetic purity, hence the devolved and degraded design of this specimen. Commonly found in Eastern England this type is indicative of the strong trade contacts that existed between the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and their Merovingian and Frisian neighbors in the Low Countries and northern France.

H3065 - ANGLO-SAXON, Frisian Imports,, Domburg mint (Domburg, Zealand, Netherlands), c. A.D. 695 - c. A.D. 740), Apa - Runic type, Silver Sceat or Sceatta (Penny), 1.06g., Series D, Type 2c imitative, crude radiate bust right, APA in runes right, rev., cross with a pellet in each angle, pseudo legend around (S.839; Metcalf 158-80), extremely fine, toned. $395

H3069 - ANGLO-SAXON, Frisian Imports, a mint in Frisia (modern Belgium and the Netherlands), c. A.D. 695 - c. A.D. 740), Silver Sceat or Sceatta (Penny), 0.87g., Series D, Type 8, standard type, rev., cross with a pellet in each angle, pseudo legend +ΛVΛOΛVΛ around, (S.840; Metcalf 183-186), good very fine, toned. $275