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Sceat 'Pada', Type III
| Issuer | Early Anglo-Saxon |
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| Year | 675-685 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | ΛVNΛV[...] |
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The 'Pada' sceats take their name from a runic inscription that has never been satisfactorily explained — whether a moneyer's name, a place, or something else entirely remains unresolved. Type III sits within the broader 'primary phase' of English sceat production, a period when Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were still working out the practicalities of a silver penny-weight coinage without Roman infrastructure to lean on. Dies were cut by hand with no mechanical reducing process, which accounts for the variation in fabric across surviving specimens.