Triton XXI, Lot: 1323. Estimate $2000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 715-720. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.16 g, 6h). Series Z, type 66a(i). Mint in East Anglia or Mercia. Facing head of Christ with curled mustache and forked beard; |- ••• -| above, XL to left, UV to right / Quadruped standing right, tail between legs; (L retrograde)ΛI+ above, retrograde L between legs, retrograde Γ to lower right. Abramson 102.20; Metcalf 142; SCBI –; North 145; SCBC 782. EF, toned. Exceptional. Rare.

From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CIII.9 (November 1995), no. 6164 and front cover; Christie’s (4 November 1986), lot 364.