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Durotrigian (?) staters are easy to come by in good condition and relatively cheap. I owned a few, and sold most of them. Here is the one I kept: It's difficult to photograph, and better ('sharper') in hand. Same for this iconic type, which comes from the Mossop collection:

Thanks for the replies. Mirroring the coin was indeed done because of the character I interpreted as a mirrored D - the reading of @Shanxi is convincing as well (EVOLACVS_ Here are both the original and the mirrored again:

A few days ago, a friend of mine who recently started his own coinshop, contacted me. He had just bought a pseudo-coin brooch from a metal-detectorist from Zeeland, the Netherlands (south-west, just above Belgium). Knowing my interest in early medieval coinage from the North-sea region, he gave me the opportunity to buy it before putting it online. I hesitated a bit, as it was a) not a coin, and b) expensive. But it was just too cool to pass (excellent condition, no damage apart from the broken iron pin, very 'Merovingiany', and the clearly legible characters of a given name(?)): Continental(?) pseudo coin fibula. 600-700 AD unknown maker, unknown workshop, rare, pewter (?)| weight 10,53gr. | Ø 34mm. This shaky video shows the details and deep dark grey patina: When mirrored, the text appears to read "GVDELOVE" though I'm open for alternative interpretations (GVDETOVE?) I intend to conduct a specific gravity test to test whether it's silver (SG around 10.3) or pewter (SG around 7.7).

Great coin, immediately recognised it as ex-Tony. I’ve recently bought a Maastricht/interlace/zedelius type from Elsen while being on vocation in Maastricht. Need to photograph the coin, as the photos by Elsen are rather poor. I just realised this coin completed my subcollection of continental Sceattas: Series D (types 2c, 8, 10) Series E (nearly all sub-varieties) Series F Series X Herstal type Maastricht type

I also have two left-facing busts, in different phases of abstraction:

Your series X isFeveile. Series X and coin circulation in Ribe.pdf indeed the scarcer variety with the fantastic beast to the left. Note that there is a very comprehensive study on the series X (attached volume I which covers the theory, and volume II with the plates and die-study). Also attached an article by Feveile on series X. Feveile. Series X and coin circulation in Ribe.pdf Barrett. An analysis of the series X or Wodan monster sceattas. Some implications for trade and exchange in the 8th century AD (volume II).pdf Also, @Severus Alexander, could you share your K/N mule again? I think I remember it, and believe that coin can be cleaned with some success.

This is really cool. I remember your post on CT about a year ago (?). It's rather difficult to obtain Metcalf's three-volume standard reference for sceatta's and thrymsa's, but I finally managed to buy it from a dealer in the USA. On a side note, a friend of mine (@AnYangMan) successfully bid on four sceatta's, which only last week came into my possession: An Interlace or Maastricht type. I'm not sure why this is categorized as a sceatta, as in my opinion it's closer to a Merovingian denier (though that distinction, imho, is rather arbitrary and vague). In hand, the deposits are less pronounced, which explains why I was able to buy this for just 240€ including auction costs. Series E, primary phase, variety D (at least, that my best guess). This one remained unsold, so I was able to buy it for just 71€ including auction costs. I removed the deposits with sodium thiosulphate, which really improved the coin (will post pictures later). Series E, primary phase, variety G2. I bid on this coin because it was a both obverse and reverse diematch to the coin in the next lot - which I didn't win! (I noticed it's for sale now on MA-shops for about 200% what the buyer bought it for). Again, in hand, its a much nicer coin than on the pictures, though it's somewhat rough. I'll probably sell it, as I own two variety G2's already. Series D, primary phase, BMC 8 (obverse/reverse 'mule'). I had two BMC 8 types already, but this one I found interesting because of the very off-centered reverse, showing part of the die that would otherwise have been off-flan. I was able to find a reverse die-match in the standard reference by Metcalf and Opdenvelde (published in JMP 2003). Will post my own photos later.

That's a great series J type 36; a type I still lack in my collection. I do have this type 85 though, which has the most brilliant toning: EARLY MEDIEVAL, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Series J, type 85), minted: Anglo-Saxon; 710-725, York Obv: Diademed head right, double strand pearl diadem Rev: A bird on a cross, pellets in field in front of bird and below horizontal bar on the cross; annulets at the ends of the horizontal arms, beaded inner circle Weight: 0.98g; Ø:10.8mm. Catalogue: . Provenance: Ex Gallery 51 (May auction, lot 185, 30.05.2014), Ex iNumis (Auction 42, lot 191, 05.06.2018), Ex iNumis (shop, 27-04-2021); acq.: 04-2021 Excellent series J type 37, such a shame about the flan-crack. You're absolutely right: magnified photo's don't do the coins justice, though some can 'stand' the magnification. Nice Bx also. Slight nitpicking: most sceatta's are 11mm; some (e.g. the Hexagon type, or the series X) are a bit larger at 12-13 mm.

Thanks, I figured it out: Mentions & My Content > turned on Reactions > turned off Followed content: >automatically follow new content I post > turned on >automatically follow content I reply to > turned on This should probably work.

I would happily contribute as a reviewer / editor. In my academic area (medicine), students have to write a scientific thesis. The better theses (or students), after much editing, end up in a scientific journal. Perhaps a similar idea might work: good posts end up in the suggested online Numisforum journal; and the better articles could be transferred to Koinon (or a different numismatic journal) after pre-inquiry with the relevant editors of such a journal.

Yes, I noted. But I would like to receive notifications when someone reacts to a thread I started, or commented on. I realize I didn't really wrote that clearly.

Some of my comments receive likes, which is of course encouraging etc. However, I would like to suppress notifications for likes, and only receive notifications for 'true' reactions / mentions / quotes, etc. An example of a 'like'. I can't find this option in the notification center: is this possible? Tagging @Restitutorwho probably knows the answer.

Thanks. This one was from MPO. If I remember correctly I bought it for 600 including %, which is a fair price. The minor earth deposits don’t bother me, and are probably easy to remove.

That’s a neat coin, and scored for a very nice price. I totally forgot about the Timeline auction. I doubt it will clean well; difficult to see on those pictures. here’s my new series x:

I’m unfamiliar with the coin, but assuming it’s good silver, the horn silver deposits would easily dissolve in sodium thiosulphate. Could you ask your friend how he cleaned it?

Life has been incredible busy last few months, and I haven't been able to post much. About a month ago, I bought my first early-medieval Frisian gold (posted at Cointalk, link). This turned out to be very addicting. There are not that many Frisian tremissis (a couple were posted by @Tejas in the CT-thread), but interestingly, a Nietap-type (named after the hoard found in a small village Nietap, Netherlands, in the early 1900's) was for sale at Elsen. It didn't sell at two earlier auctions, and was now listed with an estimate of 800-1000E. Researching that coin, I looked up the recent Tony Abramson sale, where a similar type sold for about 800 GBP. Another one didn't sell. Long story short, I emailed Tony, we agreed upon a price, and my second gold Frisian coin was sent by Spink (free of charge, somehow): EARLY MEDIEVAL, Anonymous. Denomination: AV Tremissis (Nietap type 1), minted: Frisia?; 620-630 AD Obv: Die rust / worn die common for type, but remainder of bust to right with legend is visible Rev: double cross in beaded circle, vestigial legends Weight: 1.19g; Ø:11mm. Catalogue: SCBI 69, 1090 this coin; cf: T&S 73 = Sutherland 90 = Crondall 95; Metcalf [2016], 22. Provenance: Ex. Tony Abramson, bought from spink auction 21070 lot 998. ; acq.: 05-2022 It's a bit of an acquired taste, but I really like this coin 🙂 Next is this series J type 37, which I bought from Ebay. It's really difficult to photograph, as it looks much coarser than it's in hand. Somehow, this type (Series J, type 37) is often poorly minted: off-centered, uneven strikes, poor debased metal, etc. Plated specimens are also encountered frequently, which is uncommon for sceatta's. So the poor Ebay pictures were a bit of a gamble: EARLY MEDIEVAL, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Series J, type 37), minted: Mint in Northumbria; 710-725 AD Obv: Two confronted diademed heads; between, long cross with trident end; double border Rev: Cross, at each end a bird right; double border. Weight: 0g; Ø:12mm. Catalogue: . Provenance: Bought on ebay from adl-numismatics, NR 154920101191, found in Norfolk, England, 2018; acq.: 03-2022 Darkly toned, irregular flan Finally, bought mainly because it was really cheap, my third (!) series E, subtype h sceatta. The secondary phase (c. 720-740 AD) is characterized by an 'explosion' of different sceatta types. Metcalf and Opdenvelde (JMP 2009-2010) grouped these coins into subtypes a-h. Subtype h is the largest, most heterogeneous group of the Series E, with many diverse and interesting designs. EARLY MEDIEVAL, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Series E, secondary phase, sub-variety h), minted: Frisia; 720-740 AD Obv: Porcupine figure, with strong curve; one dot in the spine. Three dotted lines beneath, with dots between. No beak, but part of square (?) near distal part. Rev: Similar reverse type of series E, sub-variety e, reverse var 2: small square within dotted square, within four dots and circle. Zig-zag line outside outer box. Weight: 0g; Ø:mm. Catalogue: No die-match in JMP 2010. Provenance: Bought from Ebay, ID 284848560657; acq.: 06-2022

To illustrate, I bought (and cleaned and then sold) this coin last week, listed as ‘Roman coin’: it is of course a half siliqua of Maurice Tiberius after briefly (10 sec) of soaking in sodium thiosulphate (which dissolves the silver chlorides), it turned out quite nice: IMG_0934.MOV

Very interesting coins, @Nap. I once owned a Cnut Rex daenorvm penny, but sold it when I was still in my ‘Roman phase’. I’ll probably regret it later (I have some remorse already). Will post pictures later.