Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1379. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 700-765. AR Sceat (1.15 g). Series E, ‘Kloster Barthe’ phase, var. C (Type 4). Mint in Frisia (Dorestad). ‘Porcupine’ left, III and cross within / Standard with central annulet, chevrons and crosses around; symbols in margin. Beowulf 37 (this coin); cf. Abramson E105; cf. Metcalf p. 197; North 48 var. (obv. type right); SCBC 788. EF, toned. Very rare with ‘porcupine’ left.

From the Beowulf Collection.