Continental Sceatta; Series E, Variety L. 1.15g. (N. 49, S. 790L, Abramson 87/40). REF: LR79VY.
Obverse: Plumed bird facing right, pellet-in-circle below right. Reverse: Pellet in circle centre surrounded by four pellet in circle motifs separated by pellet trefoils, all in pellet square.
A desirable example, corrosion free darkly toned metal, with some deep blue and copper hints. Off-centre reverse strike, more than made up for by the nicely centred bird on the obverse.
Provenenance:
CNG Mailbid Sale 39, 18th September 1996, lot 2275.
Of the three types of plumed bird sceatta: ‘J’, ‘K’ and ‘L’, Metcalf suggests type ‘L’ is both the scarcest and the latest in production date (D.M. Metcalf, ‘Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford’, p. 207).
Obverse
Reverse