Sceattas in Anglo-Saxon graves

Journal article

ANGLO-SAXON SILVER PENNIES (sceattas) are rare as gravegoods, but their provision was a regular element of burial practice in a small minority of later 7th-century-furnished inhumations and later burials. Although the number both of coins and burials is very small, they show patterns of deposition and treatment that have both a cultural and a broader chronological significance. This sample provides a window on social and symbolic attitudes to the coinages as elements of the broader material culture of contemporary society, and constitutes important corroborating evidence that the Primary Phase issues embodied a new degree of monetisation in 7th-century England.

Authors: Scull, C; Naylor, J

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis (Routledge)
• Journal: Medieval Archaeology
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 205-241
• Publication date: 2016-10-16
• Acceptance date: 2016-01-25
• DOI: 10.1080/00766097.2016.1221262
• EISSN: 1745-817X
• ISSN: 0076-6097
• Keywords: SBTMR