ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 720-735/50. AR Sceatt (12mm, 0.85 g, 9h). Series H, type 49, var. 1b. Hamwic (Southampton) mint. 'Wodan' head within pelleted border; ten roundels around / Bird standing right; rosette below head. Hamwic 38 var. (9 roundels; same rev. die); Abramson 48.1010; MEC 8 Series Hc; North 103; SCBC 801A. EMC 2004.0092 (this coin). Deeply toned, minor lamination on reverse. Good VF.
From the James & Martha Robertson Collection, purchased from Wolfshead Gallery, August 2004. Found near Dorchester, 2003.