Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1436. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 730-765. AR Sceat (1.03 g, 12h). CARIP series, type 9. London-related mint. Diademed and draped bust right; retrograde PCSIS before / Figure standing facing, head right, holding long cross pommée in both hands; floral ornament to left. Beowulf 66 (this coin); Abramson Ca4.1 var. (legend); Metcalf 339; North 69; SCBC 801. VF, darkly toned. Good metal for this typically porous issue.

From the Beowulf Collection.

The reverse of the CARIP series has a type that is similar to the figure holding two crosses types deriving from the Wessex series W. Here, though, the figure holds a single cross in both hands, emphasizing the religious nature of the type, and stands between the cross and a floral ornament. The floral ornament is depicted with berries, suggesting it is an image of the ‘true vine’ from John 15:1 (Gannon, p. 95). As such, in contrast to the earlier type, this new derivation appears to have a more vivid religious appeal.