Triton XXI, Lot: 1368. Estimate $1000. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 725-745. AR Sceatt (12.5mm, 1.07 g, 1h). Series QIH, type 98. Uncertain mint in East Anglia (Ely?). Diademed and draped bust right, holding cross scepter; pellets around / Quadruped standing left, head right, long crest entwining legs. Abramson 63.90; Metcalf 385; SCBI 21 (Yorkshire), M86; North –; SCBC 808D. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Rare.

From the Dr. JDR Collection, purchased from Patrick Finn, June 1996.