389, Lot: 1169. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 710/5-730/50. AR Sceatt (11mm, 0.85 g, 1h). Series E, Secondary ('Kloster Barthe') phase, porcupine var. A (Type 4). Mint in Frisia (Dorestad?). ‘Porcupine’ right; III within curve of body, cross below / Beaded ‘standard,’ with TOT II legend; crosses in margins. Abramson 94.10; cf. SCBI 63 (BM), 379; North 45; SCBC 786A. Near EF, toned, light deposits.
From the David Wray Collection.