416, Lot: 573. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710-765. AR Sceat (13mm, 0.99 g, 9h). Series R (R8/R2), type 77b. Mint in East Anglia. Crude bust right; chevron behind; annulet, l, and Runic EA before / Standard with central annulet, chevrons in upper angles, diagonal bars in lower; crosses in margin with diagonal lines at corners. Beowulf 82 (this coin); Abramson R180; Metcalf p. 516; North –; SCBC 832. Good VF, lightly toned.
From the D.C. Kopen Collection. Ex Beowulf Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 23 May 2007), lot 1402.