289, Lot: 509. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Preliminary Sceattas. Circa 655-685. Base AV Thrymsa (12mm, 1.09 g, 11h). ‘Pada’ series. Mint in Kent. Diademed bust right / Plain short cross, with saltire annulets. Metcalf 82-3; North 31; SCBC 773. Fine, porous, some edge loss. Rare.