Definition of Sceattas. Meaning of Sceattas. Synonyms of Sceattas

- A sceat or sceatta (/ʃæt/ SHAT; Old English: sceatt [ʃæɑt], pl. sceattas) was a small, thick silver coin minted in England, Frisia, and Jutland during...
- ('primary') sceattas of series A, B and C were largely confined to Kent and the Thames Estuary, though the emergence of the 'secondary' sceattas (probably...
- thousand", and some specify thirty thousand pounds. If the pounds are equal to sceattas, then this amount is the equal of a king's weregild—that is, the legal...
- brother, Archbishop Ecgbert of York. These coins were primarily small silver sceattas, more suitable to small, everyday transactions than larger gold Frankish...
- problem of the value and scarcity of the currency. The miscellaneous silver sceattas minted in Frisia and Anglo-Saxon England after around 680 were probably...
- Frisian sceattas from approximately 710 to 735...
- a "minor though recurring theme" in the secondary phase of Anglo-Saxon sceatta production (c. 710–760). It is found in similar artwork on early Christian...
- Frisian sceattas c.710–735...
- included west Kent. During this period, Es**** kings were issuing their own sceattas (coins), perhaps as an ****ertion of their own independence. However, by...
- that the Mercians undertook to obey. At the start of the 8th century, sceattas were the primary circulating coinage. These were small silver pennies,...