CNG 108, Lot: 1130. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 715-720. AR Sceatt (12mm, 0.89 g, 6h). Series Z, type 66. Mint in East Anglia or Mercia. Facing head of Christ with curled mustache and forked beard; outward crescents at sides / Quadruped standing right, tail between legs; wavy line above. Abramson 102.15; SCBI 69 (Abramson), 116; SCBC 782. EF, toned, small flaw in field on reverse. Very rare.