ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 685-700. AR Sceat (12mm, 1.28 g, 11h). Series BIAi, type 27b. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Diademed head right within serpentine border; blundered legend around / Bird standing right upon cross; annulet to left and right; all within serpentine border; blundered legend around. Abramson 16.40; Metcalf 105-6; SCBI 63 (BM), 86; North 126; SCBC 777. Good VF, toned, faint deposits.
Ex James T. Joyner Collection.