CNG 111, Lot: 1046. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 720-745. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.03 g). Series H, type 39. Hamwic mint. Bird pecking right; beaded foliage (vine-scroll) around; trefoil of pellets below foot / Voided Celtic cross with central rosette and rosette-in-annulet in each quarter. Cf. Hamwic 22-30; Abramson 46.10; cf. SCBI 63 (BM), 458-9; cf. SCBI 69 (Abramson), 354-6; North 96; SCBC 801. Near EF, attractive toning, reverse slightly off center, a few light deposits.

From the Ealing Collection. Ex Finn FPL 18 (February 2000), lot 52.