Thrymsa 'Pada', Type III

The "Pada" thrymsa takes its name from the runic inscription read by early scholars as a moneyer's signature — though whether Pada was an individual craftsman, a workshop, or something else entirely remains unresolved. Type III is distinguished from earlier Pada issues by a degeneration in execution that mirrors the broader mid-seventh-century collapse in Anglo-Saxon gold coinage: shrinking flan size, declining gold content, and increasing reliance on electrum as Continental gold supplies dried up following disruption to Frankish trade networks.

By the 670s, the thrymsa series was essentially spent. The silver sceat would replace it within a generation.