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Possibly East Anglia — Woden Head AR sceatta — c.715-725 CE
| OBVERSE: | Facing head with prominent forehead, moustache, beard and large radiating locks of hair, face framed by omega-line, small cross pommeé (almost off flan) on each side of the chin |
| REVERSE: | Beaded box with central ringed pellet on diagonal pellets, pellet triads inside and outside, curved horn on each corner, ?cross on one side |
| GRADE: | good VF ; 1.06 gm, 11 mm, good silver, bodly struck |
| ATTRIBUTION: | EMC 1998.0070; Metcalf—; Rudd 34 lot 50 Excessively Rare |
| COMMENT: | Not in Metcalf, but see M. p.598 for probable obverse die-linked coins. Only one other published, Sceattas in England and on the Continent, plate 11, no. 4 |
| PROVENANCE: | Findspot: Ewelme, Oxfordshire, England (SU 6491) |
EMC number 1998.0070 (Ref: Rudd cat 34 no 50)
State: Early England (600-750), Ruler: anon. (early penny) (675-750)
Type: Type 30b/8 'mule' (Wodan head obverse with standard reverse) (710-735)
Mint and moneyer unknown.
Weight: 1.06g.
Findspot: Ewelme, Oxfordshire, England (SU 6491)
Source: Chris Rudd (sales catalogue), list 34 (1998), coin no. 50
Comments: See Metcalf, T&S, III. 528.
Image source: Rudd photograph (300 pixels, resolution not recorded)