Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1384. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007. Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 700-765. AR Sceat (1.14 g). Series E, ‘Franeker’ phase, var. F (Type 4). Mint in Frisia (Dorestad). ‘Porcupine’ right, IIII within / Standard with central annulet, three crosses, chevron, and pellets around; symbols in margin. Beowulf 43 (this coin); Abramson E212 var. (symbols on rev.); Metcalf p. 197; OdV&K 957; North 48; SCBC 788. Superb EF, toned. Struck on a broad flan.
From the Beowulf Collection.