Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1408. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710-765. AR Sceat (0.90 g). Series R, Type 78. Mint in East Anglia. Crude bust right with pyramidal neck; chevron and annulet behind, Runic EPA before / Saltire standard with double border, trefoils in angles of saltire. Beowulf 90 (this coin); cf. Abramson P220; cf. Metcalf p. 532; cf. North 159; cf. SCBC 832/833. EF, toned. Rare.

From the Beowulf Collection.