Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1357. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 700-710. AR Sceat (1.20 g, 3h). Series C1, type 77. Mint in Kent. Crude radiate bust right; behind, chevron barred A between two annulets; Runic APA before, short beaded pyramidal neck rest on exergual line with pellets below / TOTII on votive standard; tufa above, horns on upper corners, cross pattée below, chevrons flanking. Beowulf 8 (this coin); Abramson C050; Metcalf 117; North 161; SCBC 779. Good VF, darkly toned. Good metal.

From the Beowulf Collection.

The radiate crowns of Series A, C, and R, clearly derive from Roman issues of the third-early fifth centuries. Unlike the prototype, here the radiate elements have been blended with the hair of the bust, forming a pattern of triangles interspersed with dots (Gannon, p. 43).