Sceat

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.

A sceat or sceatta (/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 (about 1⁄30 troy ounce). It is now (as of 2024) more commonly known in England as an 'early penny'.

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