Triton XXI, Lot: 1324. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 715-720. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.15 g, 5h). Series Z, type 66a(i). Mint in East Anglia or Mercia. Facing head of Christ with curled mustache and forked beard; unclear letters around / Quadruped standing right, tail between legs; pseudo-letters around. Abramson 102.60; Metcalf 141 (same dies); SCBI –; North 145; SCBC 782. VF, toned. Rare.

From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CIV.3 (April 1996), no. 1468.