Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1844. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $760. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 700-710. AR Sceat (1.05 g, 7h). SAROALDO Series (E), type 3b. Stylized bust right with long chin and braided hair in diadem or headdress, pyramidal beaded neck, elongated collar; annulet before. / Saltire pommée in standard with trefoil of pellets in each quarter; pseudo-letters around. Beowulf 20 (this coin); Abramson E950; Metcalf 151; North 44; SCBC 784. Good VF, toned, struck a little softly. Very rare.

From the Beowulf Collection. Ex Finn FPL 10 (1997), lot 48.