412, Lot: 992. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 720-725. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.02 g). Series M, type 45. Mint in east Kent. Fantastic serpent-bodied quadruped right, with triple-forked tail right / Vine spiral counterclockwise. Abramson 61.10; SCBI 63 (BM), –; SCBC 805. VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.

From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex Joseph P. Linzalone Collection (Stack’s, 7 December 1994), lot 2298.