412, Lot: 977. Estimate $200. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 700-710. AR Sceatt (11mm, 1.15 g, 9h). Series BIIIA, type 27a. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Diademed bust right within ouroboros; blundered legend around / Bird standing right upon cross; annulets flanking; all within ouroboros; blundered legend around. Abramson 16.50; SCBI 63 (BM), 114; SCBC 777A. VF, toned.

From the Dr. JDR Collection, purchased from Spink, 22 October 1993.