CNG 97, Lot: 970. Estimate $750. Sold for $605. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710-720. AR Sceat (12mm, 1.01 g). Series G, type 3a. Mint in Northumbria (probably Eoferwic [York]). Diademed head right; cross pommée before / Standard with central pellet-in-annulet, saltires in angles, pellets between saltires; pellets and crosses in margin. Abramson 21-20; SCBI 63 (BM), 432–3; North 43; SCBC 800. EF, toned, strike a little soft on obverse. Excellent metal.