19. Continental "Porcupine" sceat.

AR sceat, ca. 720-40. Mint: likely Dorestad or Domburg.
Obverse: Porcupine-like figure, three parallel lines in curve.
Reverse: Standard with VOT /.\ design. Small cross on each side of standard.

1.09 gm., 12 mm.

North #48; Seaby #786; Metcalf Secondary phase, Series E .

Although the porcupine sceattas are found extensively in England, most of them were likely minted in what is today The Netherlands. The coins identified by Metcalf as being of the secondary (“Kloster Barthe”) phase were likely minted in Dorestad or Domburg rather than Friesland, ca. 720-40.

Reference:
Metcalf, Michael; and Op den Velde, Wybrand. "The Monetary Economy of the Netherlands, c. 690 – c. 760 and the Trade with England: A Study of the “Porcupine” Sceattas of Series E." Volume I. 2010. 284 pp.

The above work contains “. . . a dauntingly large amount of detailed information about the porcupine sceattas . . .” (p. 262). I hope the information I’ve gathered about this coin is correct.