Primary Sceatta; Series B, Variety BI. 1.21g. (N. 126, S. 777 var., Abramson 16/40). REF: 7DBX9F.
Obverse: Diademed bust right within beaded serpent circle. Reverse: Cross centre flanked by pellets and surmounted by bird in pellet ring surrounded by crude runes.
Good metal and of good style. Toned silver backed by darker fields. Reverse struck off-centre. Pleasing. Good very fine.
Provenance:
Spink, 4th March 1995.
The British Museum has an excellent collection of Series B sceattas (49 in total), this particular coin is of type BIAi. See Anna Gannon, ‘British Museum Anglo-Saxon Coins I’, plate 4, no. 86.
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