Triton XXI, Lot: 1332. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 720/25-800/20. AR Sceatt (11.5mm, 1.08 g, 6h). Series X, type 31, “insular style”. Ribe mint (or English derivative). ‘Wodan’ head facing; pellet above, short cross pommée to left and right / Fantastic creature flying left, head right, with tail coiled leftward. Abramson 104.10; Metcalf 279; SCBI 30 (American), 104; North 116; SCBC 797. EF, toned.

From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 778 (June 1983), no. E384.