412, Lot: 978. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 700-710. AR Sceatt (11mm, 1.16 g, 3h). Series BIIIA, type 27a. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Diademed bust right within ouroboros; blundered legend around / Bird standing right upon cross; annulets and trefoils flanking; all within ouroboros; blundered legend around. Abramson 16.40; cf. SCBI 63 (BM), 110-4 (for type); SCBC 777A. VF, toned, minor porosity.

From the Dr. JDR Collection, purchased from Spink, October 1990.