ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 690-705/10. AR Sceatt (11.5mm, 0.96 g, 9h). Series BIIIA, type 27a. Mint in Essex. Diademed head right within pelleted circle; pellet to right, no legend around / Bird standing right upon cross; annulets flanking (the right with pellet?), three-pellet clusters flanking shaft; all within pelleted circle, no legend around. Sceatta List 16-80; MEC 8, Series Be, 64 (same obv. die); North 125; SCBC 777A. Dark iridescent tone, minor porosity. Good VF.
From the James & Martha Robertson Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CXII.3 (June 2004), no. HS1650.