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Here is a Merovingian Denier minted in Marseille, France under the authority of Nemfidius. It dates from about 700 to 710 AD and was attributed as MEC 564.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Here's another Merovingian denier, less precisely dated. LIke the sceattas, it's small. Merovingian Denier, 700-725
Gaul. Silver, 11-12mm; 0.67g. Profile bust left, hair devolved to pellets, with Greek cross before; [ ]VANE. Lozenge with triangular corners and pellet centre; +[ ]DVOC (cf Prou 2872; Belfort 5758). Found near Newmarket, Suffolk, 2022 ( EMC 2022.0337). I have no Saxon coins for the 700s as the whole of the Primary Series has been attributed to the 690s, presumably because there have been no hoards datable to the 700s. |
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Nice! Here is what I believe to be another Merovingian Denier, although clearly the alloy is more copper than silver, which makes it different from those first two pieces. It dates to the first half of the 8th Century, so let's call it 700-750 AD. It is attributed as Belfort 5737 and Prou 2876.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Ooh, those nice Merovingian deniers remind me that I have one too! Frankish kingdom, 700-751, denier, minted in Arvernis (modern Clermont-Ferrand), possibly by a bishop Bubus. 0.65 g, 10 mm. Obverse: Horse with rider. Reverse: AR (retrograde).  |
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Nice deniers. It seems there was a hoard dated 700 for those  Fals from the time of al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH86-96/AD705-715
Sarmin, Syria. Bronze, 19mm, 4.28g (Album 187). |
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Another bumper crop decade for this thread--keep those contributions coming! Here is a Drachm from the Arab-Sasanian Empire. It was minted at Sijistan in AH 81, or 700/701 AD. I have attributed it as Album 38A.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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It's now been a few days since our last submission, so let's drop back to posting coins from the decade of the 690s starting tomorrow morning.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Another decade, another Sceat! I believe this one was minted in Frisia and is attributed as Series D, Type 8. It dates to between 695 and 740 AD.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Yes this is the decade all the Primary sceattas are attributed to, although again with very wide date ranges. Series E, Variety D, Op den Velde Sub-Variety K, Anglo-Saxon Continental Phase Sceat, 695-740
Frisia. Silver, 1.33g. Quilled crescent on wheel enclosing cross pommee with pellet in three quarters. Central pellet-in-annulet in line-beaded square, unusual geometric symbols around (S 790B; SCBI 69, 225 this coin). Ex Tony Abramson. Found by A Wicks at Amesbury, Wiltshire (not far from Stonehenge). |
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I'm definitely looking forward to seeing a bunch more Sceats! My last coin for this decade is this Arab-Byzantine Fals minted by the Tanukhs. It dates to between 692 and 697 AD and I have attributed it as Album 3531.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Interlace Cross Type Continental Phase Anglo Saxon Sceat, 695-740
Northern Europe. Silver, 1.14g. Diademed bust left, exaggerated features, with striated hair and beaded neck, pellets before and in field, cross below, beaded border. Interlaced cross with pellet in each loop, beaded border (S 795; Abramson IV, 1062 this coin; SCBI 69, 307 this coin). Ex Tony Abramson; found with a metal detector in Essex, 2005 ( EMC 2006.0270).
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Series C1 Primary Phase Sceat, 690-715
Kent. Silver, 11.5mm, 1.27g. Radiate bust right on pyramidal neck; Λ behind; runic APA before. Standard with central annulet, Ts and Is in opposing angles; spray above, cross below (S 779).
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I know I sound like a broken record, but these Sceats are truly amazing @john. I'd be quite happy to keep this thread focused on this week for the rest of 2023 if you promise to post a new one every day!
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Thank you. I have a fair few although I can't run for more than a week  Series F Type 24b Primary Phase Anglo Saxon Sceat, 695-705
Middle Thames Region. Silver, 12mm, 1.11g. Heavy-jowled bust right, wearing helmet with neck guard, exaggerated features, cross pattee behind, blundered legend in square lettering. Cross pattee on steps, cross pattee above, Ts in upper quarters, pellet between, annulets on limbs and below, blundered legend in square lettering (S 781; SCBI 69, 109 this coin). Ex Tony Abramson. Found in 2004 near Cliffe, Kent. Portable Antiquities Scheme KENT-356BE5. Series F is probably based on a Merovingian denier from Auxerre, France, featuring a bust in a bishop's mitre. The reverse usually shows a garbled legend, where the die-cutter didn't even bother to imitate letters, cutting squares. |
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Series E, Late Variety, Anglo-Saxon Continental Phase Sceat, 695-740
Frisia. Silver, 1.10g. Crescent with triangular head, pellets, cross, chevron and arrow before. Diamond cruciform (S 790B; SCBI 69, 253 this coin). Ex Tony Abramson. Found in Cambridgeshire EMC 2004.0120.
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