Triton XXI, Lot: 1341. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710-765. AR Sceatt (13mm, 0.70 g, 8h). Series R3. Mint in East Anglia. Geometric bust left with radiate crown and pyramidal neck; GEPA (in Runic, partially inverted and retrograde) to left, X to right / ‘Standard’ with central pellet-in-annulet, two facing Γ’s in upper corners, two oblique I’s in lower corners; lines radiating from corners, perpendicular lines at sides flanked by pellets. Abramson 11.30; Metcalf –; SCBI 63 (BM), 641 (same obv. die); North –; SCBC 813. Good VF, toned, minor roughness.
From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular XCV.6 (July 1987), no. 4354.