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Sceat - Series K, Type 16
| Issuer | Early Anglo-Saxon |
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| Year | 710-760 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A standing figure shown facing with head turned to the right, depicted within or above a crescent-shaped boat or lunate symbol, a motif closely associated with Series K Type 16 sceatta iconography. The figure holds a long cross pommée in one hand and a hawk or bird in the other, referencing possible religious or secular symbolic imagery of early eighth-century Anglo-Saxon England. The design is executed in a stylised, degenerate manner with bold relief elements set against an irregular flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | [uninscribed] |
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Series K sceats are associated with East Anglia, though the precise mint site remains unresolved — no documentary evidence pins production to a specific location, and the attribution rests largely on find-spot concentrations from metal detector recoveries across Norfolk and Suffolk. Type 16 falls within the later phase of the series, produced during a period when silver fineness in Anglo-Saxon sceattas was declining markedly across most regional issues. This piece's 0.78g weight sits at the lighter end of the type's documented range, consistent with that broader debasement trend.