432, Lot: 488. Estimate $300. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 700-715. AR Sceatt (11.5mm, 1.15 g). Series W, type 54. Mint in the Hampshire basin. Figure standing facing, head right, holding long cross pommée; cross pommée behind / Cross-crosslet on saltire cross with central pellet. Metcalf,
First variety 1D; Abramson 108.30; SCBI 69 (Abramson), 149; SCBC 787. VF, lightly toned. Rare.