ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 675-690. AR Sceatt (12.5mm, 1.16 g, 11h). Series BIB, type 27b. Mint in Essex. Diademed bust right, breaking inner border; annulet to right, [blundered legend around] / Bird standing right upon cross; annulets flanking, annulet to upper right; all within ouroboros; three annulets below, blundered legend around. Sceatta List 16-10; MEC 8, Series Bb; North 126; SCBC 777. Deeply toned. Good VF. Well centered.
From the James & Martha Robertson Collection, purchased from Spink, February 2007.