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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1407. Estimate $500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007. 
Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710-765. AR Sceat (0.73 g). Series R, Type 78. Mint in East Anglia. Crude bust right with no neck; chevron and annulet behind, Runic EPA before / Saltire standard with double border, pellets in angles of saltire; tufas with pellet on sides, flanked by pellets; diagonal bars at corners. Beowulf 89 (this coin); cf. Abramson P220; cf. Metcalf p. 532; cf. North 159; cf. SCBC 832/833. Good VF, dark find patina. Well struck. Rare.



From the Beowulf Collection.