Danish Silver Sceat (LIN-6C0EBC)

A silver Danish sceat found near Wellingore, Lincolnshire

This silver sceat is classified as part of the Danish Woden/Monster Series X which date to around 710 – 800. The obverse depicts the head of Woden with crosses to either side of rounded beard and pellet above. The reverse depicts a monster facing left. These coins are considered to be associated with the early trading center at Ribe. It is very likely that they made their way to England by means of Vikings.

Object Type

Coin

Date

circa 710 — 800

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

coin, Currency, Danish, Economy, Lincolnshire, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, Sceat, silver, trade

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

Acknowledgements

(c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 2.0

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme

Hatz, G. “Finds of English medieval coins in Schleswig-Holstein,’. In Grierson, Philip, et al. Studies in numismatic method: presented to Philip Grierson. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983), p. 206.