ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 715-800/20. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.12 g, 10h). Series X, type 31. Ribe mint. ‘Wodan’ head facing; pellet above, short cross pommée to left and right / Fantastic creature left, head right, with tail coiled leftward; pellets below chin and at end of tail. Abramson 103-10; SCBI 63 (BM), MEC 8 Series X; North 116; SCBC 797. Toned, some deposits. VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, 2010.
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