ANGLO-SAXON BRITAIN. Secondary Phase. Early Anglo-Saxon. Ca 710-760. AR sceat. .99 gm. 12 mm. Series H ("Hamwic"). Variety 3. Central head, seven roundels around, pellets between / A sylized pecking bird right, a cross pommee below neck. S. 801 A. N. 103. Metcalf 3: p327 (H. 74); Abr 48-var 3. Extremely Fine.

The Zabel Collection.

"Hamwic," now Southampton, location of a hoard of 150 sceats that provides the name for this series