Sceat Interlace Cross type

Frisian sceats circulated across the North Sea trading network at a moment when no single political authority controlled the region's commerce — these coins moved through emporia like Dorestad and Domburg largely on the strength of their silver content rather than any issuing guarantee. The interlace cross type falls within Metcalf's classification of the so-called "porcupine" series derivatives, struck by Frisian moneyers working outside Carolingian or Anglo-Saxon institutional frameworks.

At just over a gram, these pieces were produced without the benefit of centralised quality control, and weight variation across the type is considerable.