ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 720-735/50. AR Sceatt (12mm, 0.85 g). Series H, type 39. Hamwic mint. Bird pecking right; beaded foliage (vine-scroll) around; trefoil of pellets below foot / Voided Celtic cross with central rosette and rosette-in-annulet in each quarter. Abramson 46.10; EMC 2006.0267 = SCBI 69 (Abramson), 354 (this coin); North 96; SCBC 801 (this coin illustrated, 2019 ed.). Porous. VF.
Ex T. Abramson (Part III, Spink 272, 30 January 2021), lot 875, purchased from S.J. Blencoe, January 2006. Found in Alton, Hampshire, January 2006.