289, Lot: 521. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 710/5-730/50. AR Sceat (11mm, 0.78 g). Series E, Secondary ('Kloster Barthe') phase, porcupine, unlisted variety. Mint in Frisia (Dorestad?). Porcupine’ right, III within curve of body, pronounced annular head / Beaded ‘standard,’ with linear ornaments around annulet; various ornaments around. Metcalf – (but cf. 230 for reverse); North –; SCBC –. Good VF, toned, reverse off center.