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Sceat 'Vanimundus', Type B
| Issuer | Early Anglo-Saxon |
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| Year | 675-685 |
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| Weight | 1.2 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (675-685) |
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The "Vanimundus" sceattas take their name from the inscription reading VANIMUNDVS that appears on these pieces — long debated as either a moneyer's name or a Germanic personal name of uncertain significance. Metcalf's classification placed them firmly within the Primary Phase of sceat production, a period when Anglo-Saxon minting was transitioning away from direct Frankish prototypes toward distinctly insular types. The name itself is unattested in any documentary source, which has kept the attribution question open for decades.