Triton XXI, Lot: 1361. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 725-745. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.06 g, 9h). Series QIA, var. 1. Mint in East Anglia (Ely?). Two figures standing facing, each holding cross pommée in outer hand, and jointly a cross pommée between; three pellets above / Quadruped flying left, head right; pellets around. Abramson 63.10 (same dies as bottom illustration); Metcalf 382; SCBI 63 (BM), 607; North –; SCBC 808. VF, toned, die break on reverse. Rare.

From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex Finn Memorial List (2001), no. 39 (erroneously cataloged as Series Q1A, var. 2).