441, Lot: 585. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 720-740. AR Sceatt (11mm, 1.17 g, 10h). Series E, Secondary ('Kloster Barthe') phase, sub-variety c (Var. A related porcupines). Mint in southern Frisia. ‘Porcupine’ right, containing pellet and three lines; cross pommée below / Beaded standard with T O T I I; crosses at sides; pellet below each T; triple pellets below O. Cf. Abramson 94.10 (for type); cf. SCBI 63 (BM), 381; cf. SCBI 69 (Abramson), 244; North 45; SCBC 790. Near EF, toned.

Ex 51 Gallery (30 May 2014), lot 179.