CNG 94, Lot: 1914. Estimate $500. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 720-735. AR Sceatta (12mm, 0.76 g). Series O/Saltire mule. Mint in east Kent. Bust left within beaded ‘keyhole’ / Saltire cross within beaded standard; trefoils in angles, rosettes and linear ornaments in borders. Abramson Group 50, 20; Metcalf –; North –; SCBC –; De Wit 257–8 (same dies). EMC 2012.0199 (this coin). VF, toned. Extremely rare, the third known.

Found in 2012, near Claire, Suffolk (PAS: SF-4ADD27).