454, Lot: 540. Estimate $150. Sold for $151. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 670/5-675. AR Sceatt (13mm, 1.06 g, 12h). Series BX/BIB Mule. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Diademed and draped bust right in dotted circle / Dove standing right on cross pattée; annulets flanking all within ouroboros; blundered legend around; three annulets below. Abramson –; MEC 8 Series B, 44 var. (annulet before bust); North 124/126 (obv./rev.); SCBC 776/777 (same). Toned, porous. VF. Extremely rare.