Sceat Series C

Series C sceattas were almost certainly struck in Frisian territory — most likely Dorestad — rather than in England, despite being grouped with Anglo-Saxon issues. They circulated freely across the North Sea trade network at a moment when that commerce was expanding rapidly under Frisian merchant dominance. The distinction between "Frisian" and "Anglo-Saxon" coinage at this period is partly a modern convenience; contemporaries made no such clean separation.

Metcalf's die studies on the series identified enough linked specimens to suggest concentrated production runs rather than continuous minting, pointing to periodic, possibly seasonal, striking tied to trading cycles at Dorestad's markets.