ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 690-715/20. AR Sceatt (11mm, 1.18 g). Series E, Primary ('Ashton Rowant') phase, stepped cross var. (Type 53). Uncertain mint. 'Porcupine' with snout right; annulet, pellets, and bar below / 'Stepped' cross, pellet-in-annulet at center. M&OdV 3494 = de Wit 380 (same dies); Abramson 91.10; MEC 8 Series SC; North 150; SCBC 785. Find patina. EF.
From the James & Martha Robertson Collection, purchased from Spink, July 2007.