ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 720-735. AR Sceatt (11mm, 1.09 g, 1h). Series K, type 32a. Mint in Essex or Kent. Diademed and draped bust right, knot behind head, holding cross, within linear semicircle / Serpent-headed wolf, with forelimbs, coiled clockwise. Metcalf & Walker 11; Sceatta List 40–10; EMC 8 Series Kb; North 89; SCBC 803D. Toned. VF. Rare.
From the James & Martha Robertson Collection, purchased from Wolfshead Gallery, November 2006.