From the Subjack Collection
Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1405. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007. Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710-765. AR Sceat (1.25 g). Imitation of series R. Uncertain mint. Crude bust right with straight neck; chevron behind, Runic EPA before / Votive standard with degenerate TTOII; tufas on outer sides, alternately with one or three pellets. Beowulf 87 (this coin); Abramson -; Metcalf -; North -; cf. SCBC 832 (for prototype). Good VF, toned. Extremely rare.
From the Beowulf Collection. Ex Rudd FPL 42 (1999), no. 14; William L. Subjack Collection (Vecchi 11, 5 June 1998), lot 74.