Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 725-735. AR Sceatta (12mm, 0.76 g). Series O/Saltire mule. Mint in east Kent. Bust left within beaded 'keyhole' / Saltire cross within beaded standard; trefoils in angles, rosettes and linear ornaments in borders. Abramson –; MEC 8 Series SS var. (unlisted obv. type); North –; SCBC –; De Wit 257–8 (same dies). EMC 2012.0199 = PAS: SF-4ADD27 (this coin). Toned, minor roughness. VF. Extremely rare.


From the James & Martha Robertson Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 94 (18 September 2013), lot 1914. Found near Claire, Suffolk, 2012.