 Certainly Cynethryth emerges from surviving evidence as a formidable individual, who regularly witnessed contemporary charters immediately after her husband, was responsible for the running of his household and survived him to become a powerful abbess.As with the "sceattas" considerable problems surround knowledge of exactly how the new coinage was organised and implemented.It is possible that the pennies of Offa's reign still reflect the vestiges of the organisation behind the complex "sceattas", with the diverse designs often varying from moneyer to moneyer.