Triton XXI, Lot: 1348. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 720-735. AR Sceatt (11.5mm, 1.15 g, 12h). Series O, type 38b. Mint in east Kent. Head right within double pellet border containing cable pattern / Bird standing right on branch; all within torc ending in large pellet below. Abramson 58.40; Metcalf 375; SCBI 63 (BM), 594; EMC 2006.0034 (same obv. die); North 95; SCBC 802. Good VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex Finn FPL 13 (1998), no. 33.