ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710/5-725/30. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.12 g, 7h). Series G/J mule. Uncertain mint, possibly in Northumbria. Diademed head right; hand holding cross pommée before / Bird standing right upon cross; annulets flanking, cross to right. Sceatta List 22-20; MEC 8 Series –; North –; cf. SCBC 802. Some silvering, trace deposits, light roughness. VF. Very rare.
From the James & Martha Robertson Collection. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 85 (17 March 2010), lot 236.