ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 700-710. AR Sceatt (11.5mm, 1.23 g, 10h). Series BII. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Diademed bust right within ouroboros; blundered legend around / Bird standing right upon cross; annulets trefoils flanking. cross to upper right; all within ouroboros; blundered legend around. Abramson 16.60; SCBC 777A (2012 ed., erroneously dropped in current ed.). EF, toned.
Ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection (Sotheby's, 22 April 1999), lot 183.