Thrymsa
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The thrymsa was a gold coin minted in seventh-century Anglo-Saxon England. It originated as a copy of Merovingian tremisses and earlier Roman coins with a high gold content. Continued debasement betwe
Gold thrymsa with a figure of Victory enfolding the heads of two small figures. c. 655–675 AD
Thrymsa found in Suffolk, c. 500–675
York thrymsa, metal-detected find
Sceat
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A sceat or sceatta was a small, thick silver coin minted in England, Frisia, and Jutland during the Anglo-Saxon period that normally weighed 0.8–1.3 grams. It is now more commonly known in England as
Thrymsa
…after c. 655 the percentage of gold in a new coin was less than 35%. The thrymsa ceased to be minted after about 675 and was superseded by the silver sceat. The first thrymsas were minted in England in the 630s. These earliest coins were created at mints in Canterbury, London, and perhaps also Winchester…
O: Diademed bust right, with cross in front
R: Coiled wolf with curled tongue facing right
Series U sceat
Silver sceat of Aldfrith of Northumbria, 685-704.