Sceat Series Q, variety IA-D

Series Q sceattas remain among the most geographically ambiguous of the secondary series, with no firm mint attribution despite decades of find-spot analysis. Metcalf's work placed them broadly in a Mercian or Middle Anglian orbit, though the argument rests largely on metal composition and distribution patterns rather than any documentary evidence. The variety IA-D classification tracks die-link groupings within the series — a reminder that what looks like a single type is actually a cluster of related but distinct production episodes, probably spanning multiple workshops.