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Sceat Series H, Type 39, Hamwic
| Issuer | Early Anglo-Saxon (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia) |
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| Year | 710-760 |
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| Reference(s) | Sp#801, SCBI Abra#354-6 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (710-760) |
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Series H sceats are among the most geographically grounded of all early Anglo-Saxon silver issues, with Type 39 specifically associated with Hamwic — the middle Saxon trading settlement beneath modern Southampton. Excavations there have produced more sceats per square metre than almost any other site in England, a density that reflects Hamwic's role as a controlled emporium rather than an organic market town. The settlement was likely established under royal West Saxon authority specifically to regulate cross-Channel trade with Frankish merchants.
The series runs through several die-linked sub-varieties traceable across the SCBI Abramson corpus, and provenance from excavation contexts remains the most reliable guide to attribution.