CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
- Emperor:
- Eanred; struck under moneyer Monne
- Denomination:
- AR Sceat, Series D, type 8
- Composition:
- Copper alloy
- Date:
- circa 837-841 AD
- Obverse:
- ‘Standard’ with central annulet surrounded by right angles
- Reverse:
- Cross pattée; chevron at end of each arm, annulets (some with pellets) in quarters
- Reference:
- Beowulf 29 (this coin); OdV&M ‘cross with four circles variety’, 11–3 (same obv. die); Abramson 10.10; SCBI 63 (BM), 300; North 163; SCBC 793
- Size:
- 11mm, 1.09g
- Province:
- Mint in Frisia (Domburg?)
- Grade:
- VF, dark find patina.
- Pedigreed:
- Provenance:
- Pedigreed: from the Beowulf Collection, Classical Numismatic Group Auction 75, (23 May 2007), Lot 1367; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 444 (15 May 2019), Lot 570
- Information:
- This coin is cited in Abramson, T. "The 'Beowulf' Collection" in T. Abramson, ed., Studies in Early Medieval Coinage (Woodbridge, 2008)
The sceat (Old English sceatt, meaning "wealth", "money" and "coin") was a small silver coin minted in the Anglo-Saxon period.
I, Peter A. Piliouras of Ancient Coin Traders irrevocably guarantee for life to the Purchaser that this ancient coin is authentic. If this coin is deemed not to be authentic by a professional certification service, then I will refund to the Purchaser the full cost of acquiring the coin (including shipping) together with the certification fees.
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Signed: Peter Anthony Piliouras
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