Triton XXI, Lot: 1330. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 720-740. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.26 g). Series E, Secondary ('Kloster Barthe') phase, sub-variety g (Type 4). Mint in northern Frisia. ‘Porcupine’ right, body enclosed with tiny pellets; bar and annulet below / ‘Standard’ with annulet center, two chevrons, cross, and triple pellets in corners; pseudo-legend around. M&OdV 1919 (same obv. die); Abramson 94.20; Metcalf –; cf. SCBI 63 (BM), 401; North 45; SCBC 790D. Superb EF, toned.

From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CIV.3 (April 1996), no. 1462.