CNG 96, Lot: 1392. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710-725. AR Sceat (12mm, 0.74 g). Series J, type 37. Mint in Northumbria (prob. Eoforwic [York]). Two confronted diademed heads; between, long cross with trident end; double border / Cross, at each end a bird right; double border. Abramson 18.30; Metcalf 298-9; North 135; SCBC 802A. Near EF, toned, a hint of underlying luster, ovoid flan.