Sceat
A sceat (/ʃæt/ SHAT; Old English: sceatt [ʃæɑt], pl. sceattas) 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.
| O: Diademed bust right, with cross in front | R: Coiled wolf with curled tongue facing right |
| Silver sceat of series K, London (?), c. 710-20. | |
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