Triton XXI, Lot: 1354. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 720-745. AR Sceatt (11mm, 1.13 g, 6h). Series K, type 33 (Style A-B). Mint in east Kent. Diademed bust right, with ‘saddle-back’ drapery; cross to right / Lion head right, with curling tongue. Metcalf & Walker 15a = SCBI 63 (BM), 505 (same obv. die); Abramson 38.10 (O2); Metcalf –; North 93; SCBC 803. VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex Finn FPL [2] (Summer 1994), no. 24.