ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 690-715/20. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.16 g). Series E, Primary ('Ashton Rowant') phase, plumed bird var. J (Type 6). Mint in southern Frisia. "Plumed bird" right; cross below beak / 'Standard' with pellet-in-annulet at center, bars and pellets around; crosses and pellets in margin. M&OdV 47 = EMC 2007.0150 (same dies); Abramson 87.30; MEC 8 Series Ea; North 49; SCBC 791. Toned. Good VF.
From the James & Martha Robertson Collection, purchased from Wolfshead Gallery, 14 October 2005.