Summary

Silver coin, Denomination: uncertain
The term Sceat commonly used probably meant wealth or money, it may have been called a penny.

The name Apa which occurs in runes on the sceatta coinage of the early Anglo-Saxon period is not known for a King, he was probably a moneyer at the Domburg Mint. Although his coins are commonly found in England, recent studies suggest these pieces were trade coins made at Domburg on the Scheldt estuary in the Netherlands. The distribution of find spots of this and other contemporary sceatta coinages is strong evidence for the importance of trade between Anglo-Saxon England with Frisians and Merovingians - extending from Roman times.

Obverse Description

A crowned head facing right; in front in rhunic letters (largely off the flan) APA.

Reverse Description

A short cross with pellets in the angles; around, V, inverted V, V, inverted V.

Edge Description

Plain

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