Triton XXI, Lot: 1343. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710-765. AR Sceatt (12.5mm, 0.97 g). Series R5. Mint in East Anglia. Geometric bust right with radiate crown and pyramidal neck; SPI (in Runic, S retrograde) to right, cross and chevron to left, pellets around / ‘Standard’ with central annulet, chevrons and annulets in opposing angles; fantail with pellet above, hooks on upper corners, radiating lines on lower quarters, two pellets to each side, perpendicular line flanked by pellets below. Abramson 11.70 (same dies as top illustration); Metcalf 406 var. (standard; same obv. die); SCBI –; North 166/1; SCBC 813. EF, toned. Rare.

From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex D. Miller 18 (ND [April 1987]), no. 105.