styca

An Anglo-Saxon copper coin of little value, used in Northumbria.

Noun

  1. An Anglo-Saxon copper coin of little value, used in Northumbria.
    • They were contained in a bronze vessel, and were all stycas, consisting of 2000 of Eadred, 2000 of Ethelred[…] - 1859, Henry Noel Humphreys, The Coin Collector's Manual, or Guide to the Numismatic Student in the...

Origin

From Medieval Latin styca, from Old English stycas, styċġċe pl, Northumbrian variants of Old English styċċe (“small piece of money; bit; piece”).

Forms

stycas