Triton XXII, Lot: 1353. Estimate $5000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Transitional/Pre-Primary Phase. Circa 675-680. Pale AV Thrymsa – Shilling (12mm, 1.31 g, 9h). PADA series, Rigold PaIB . Mint in Kent. Helmeted bust right; CHZIO upwards to right, (retrograde C)TΛ upwards to left / (Runic letters)T TIA(retrograde E), standard inscribed TT/o/XX. Abramson p. 47; Sutherland 83; Metcalf 81; SCBI 67 (Abramson), 17-8; SCBI 63 (BM), 32; North 32; SCBC 768A. Near EF, a few marks. Struck on a broad flan, showing the full crest of the helmet. Very rare thus.