ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710/5-725/35. AR Sceatt (13.5mm, 1.11 g, 10h). Series U, type 23d. Mint in Kent(?). Figure standing facing, head right, long cross in each hand, in crescent-shaped boat / Bird standing right, picking berries from vine-scroll below; branch above. Abramson 45.50; MEC 8 Series Ub; North 83; SCBC 816. Deeply toned, some porosity. Good VF.
From the James & Martha Robertson Collection, purchased from Wolfshead Gallery, 20 June 2003.