Choice Series G Sceatt
ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 710/5-720. AR Sceatt (11mm, 1.16 g). Series G, type 3a. Quentovic mint. Diademed head right; cross pommée before / Standard with central pellet-in-annulet, saltires in angles, pellets between saltires; one angle lacking saltire; crosses on outer sides with pellets between. Abramson 21-20; MEC 8 Series G; North 43; SCBC 800. Lightly toned. EF.
Ex Dr. Irving Schneider Collection, purchased from Spink, December 1992.
While they undoubtedly circulated in England, Series G sceattas are found in a widely diffuse pattern, with minor concentrations in Sussex and Yorkshire, which suggests that they may in fact be continental imports. Metcalf, in his catalog of the Ashmolean museum, notes a small concentration of the type in Northern France, and suggests that they were struck at the major Channel center of Quentovic.
