Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1359. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 700-710. AR Sceat (1.25 g, 9h). Imitation of series C. Uncertain mint. Large radiate bust right; chevron barred A behind; Runic TAPA(?) before / TOTII perpendicularly arranged on votive standard; tufa above, horns at upper corners, cross to below, chevrons at sides, diagonal lines radiating from corners. Beowulf 10 (this coin); Abramson -; Metcalf 131; cf. North 161; cf. SCBC 779. EF, darkly toned.

From the Beowulf Collection.

The radiate crowns of Series A, C, and R, clearly derive from Roman issues of the third-early fifth centuries. Unlike the prototype, here the radiate elements have been blended with the hair of the bust, forming a pattern of triangles interspersed with dots (Gannon, p. 43).