Description
ANGLO-SAXON Sceat, The Kingdom of Northumbria, Deira, probable mint at York. Secondary Series, Silver Sceat or Sceatta (Penny), 1.06g., Series J, type 85 (BIIIB), diademed bust right within pellet border, rev., bird on cross right, cross of pellets in beak, annulets in field on each side, trefoil of pellets below each, all within pellet border (S.791; N. 126a; Metcalf pl. 17, 293, pp 343-344), well centered, practically as struck, scarce!
