Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 730-750. AR Sceatt (12mm, 0.85 g, 4h). Series QIH, type 98 or 35. Mint in East Anglia (West Norfolk?). Diademed and draped bust right, holding cross scepter; pellets around / Quadruped standing left, head right, tail entwining legs; pellets around. Abramson 63.90; MEC 8 Series Qa; North –; SCBC 808D. Darkly toned, minor roughness. Good VF. Very rare.


From the James & Martha Robertson Collection, purchased from Wolfshead Gallery.