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Summary
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anglo-Saxons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anglo-Saxons (page does not exist)">Anglo-Saxons</a>, Secondary <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sceat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sceat (page does not exist)">Sceattas</a>. Circa 720-740.
- AR Sceat (1.13 g, 6h). Series K, type 32a. Mint in east <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>.
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- Diademed and draped bust right, wreath knot behind head, holding cross
- <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wolf" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolf">Wolf</a>-headed, coiled <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serpent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Serpent (page does not exist)">serpent</a> right.
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- Beowulf 61 (this coin); Abramson K400; Metcalf 307; North 89; SCBC 796.
- EF, toned. A masterpiece of Saxon art.
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- From the Beowulf Collection.
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- "Coiled, serpent-like creatures were a common protective motif in pre-Christian artwork. This symbol was assimilated into Christianity as a representation of Christ’s Resurrection (Gannon, pp. 137-8)"
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| current | 10:36, 4 January 2017 | | 418 × 199 (32 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anglo-Saxons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anglo-Saxons (page does not exist)">Anglo-Saxons</a>, Secondary <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sceat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sceat (page does not exist)">Sceattas</a>. Circa 720-740. </p> <dl> <dd>AR Sceat (1.13 g, 6h). Series K, type 32a. Mint in east <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>. <dl><dd><dl> <dd>Diademed and draped bust right, wreath knot behind head, holding cross</dd> <dd> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wolf" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolf">Wolf</a>-headed, coiled <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serpent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Serpent (page does not exist)">serpent</a> right. </dd> </dl></dd></dl> </dd> <dd>Beowulf 61 (this coin); Abramson K400; Metcalf 307; North 89; SCBC 796. </dd> <dd>EF, toned. A masterpiece of Saxon art. </dd> </dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><i>From the Beowulf Collection.</i></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dd>"<i>Coiled, serpent-like creatures were a common protective motif in pre-Christian artwork. This symbol was assimilated into Christianity as a representation of Christ’s Resurrection (Gannon, pp. 137-8)</i>"</dd></dl> |
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