331, Lot: 471. Estimate $1000. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Preliminary Sceattas. Circa 675-680. Pale AV Thrymsa (13mm, 0.81 g, 10h). ‘Pada’ series. Mint in Kent. Diademed, Roman-style bust right / Central cross over saltire terminating in annulets. Abramson Group 1, 50; SCBI 63 (BM), 35-6; North 31; SCBC 773. Near VF, toned, roughness, small flan crack. Rare.

Relatively late in the series, when the gold content dips to as low as 4% according to Abramson.