195: Great Britain. Kings of East Anglia. AR Sceat-Pen - eBay (item 320247626959 end time May-26-08 13:26:06 PDT) Back to My eBayCatalog:The Pre Long Beach Sale - World Sale eBay Live Auctions:Coins > World Coins > Live Auction Seller eBay:Coins & Paper Money > Coins: World > Europe > UK (Great Britain) > Other 195: Great Britain. Kings of East Anglia. AR Sceat-PenItem number: 320247626959 Bidder or seller of this item? Sign in for your status Bidding has ended for this item This item has been added to My eBay for Guests. As a guest, you can: Track up to 10 items on this computer in My eBay Receive an email reminder for this item a few hours before it ends View larger picture Closed at:US $32,000.00 Estimate:US $25,000.00 - US $30,000.00 History:1 bid Lot number:195 (View all lots) Auction Date:May-26-08 10:00:00 PDT Auction Currency:US $ (U.S. dollar) Currency Calculator High Bid:Live Auction Floor Bidder Item location:Beverly Hills, CA 0% APR until Jan 2009 - new eBay MasterCard You can also: Email to a friend Meet the seller Seller:i-lgoldbergcoinsandcollectibles( 2237) Feedback:99.4 % Positive Member:since May-09-01 in United States See detailed feedback Ask seller a question Add to Favorite Sellers View seller's other items Buy safely 1. Check the seller's reputation Score: 2237 | 99.4% Positive See detailed feedback 2. Check how you're protected If paying with a credit card, see your card issuer's terms Description (revised) Prev LotNext Lot Hover thumbnail to view large image below. Click thumbnail to view full image in new window. Great Britain. Kings of East Anglia. AR Sceat-Penny, ND. North-430; S-945B. 1.11 grams. Beonna, c. 749-760 AD. or later. "Interlace" type. Runic inscription: "BEONNA" around central pellet. Reverse: Interlaced quatrefoil with central pellet, and three pellets in each angle. Bold, full strike on remarkably choice metal, just a hint of porosity on the obverse. Handsome medium gray toning, with a few touches of dark gold. Extremely Rare; only six Beonna pennies of this type are believed known, with this the only example in private hands. NGC graded AU-55. Of somewhat larger module and slightly heavier weight than the typical sceat. This in fact may be a transitional penny, and was apparently considered a penny by Spink, whose specialist Patrick Finn purchased it in 1988 as a single-find piece, for a reputed £4,500 from the finder after it underwent Treasure Trove law examination by British authorities. It was traded a decade later for a Triple Unite. Beonna is known pricipally from a rare runic sceatta series bearing his name. It is possible that the pellets were intended by the engraver to signify Christ and the disciples. See North, page 18, for an interesting commentary about how little is known of this period. The first silver penny of East Anglia and of utmost importance in the Anglo-Saxon series. Estimated Value $25,000 - 30,000. Ex Dr Jacob Y. Terner Collection (by private treaty to the Millennia Collection). Our item number 115828 Notices This item is an "eBay Live Auction". This means that each item will not close at a specific time like a regular ebay auction. Because this is a live auction the lot will be opened in a format like a real auction house floor. Bids can be placed real-time during the auction via ebayliveauctions.com and icollector.com. Please note, bidders may place bids before the auction up to 1 hour prior to the start of the auction. This is the recommended method of bidding if you have a slow internet connection or do not have the experience bidding in a "live" sale. Due to the speed of the auction, we highy recommend a DSL or cable connection . Once the auction has started, only live bids are accepted. Please do not call to place bids during the auction as they will not be accepted. The "Auction date and time" displayed by ebay has been known to be wrong. Please check our auction information page for actual start times on ebayliveauctions.com. These start times pertain to when the auction opens, not the individual lot. We typically run approximately 150 items per hour, so you can estimate from that when your item may be displayed. We will not be held responsible for ebay down time or internet problems. If ebay goes down, we will try our best to wait a sufficient amount of time for it to come back up. In the event that we cannot require ebay, all ebay bids during that downtime will not be honoured. There is a 20% commission charge added to each and every lot. Images & text re-used by permission, courtesy of Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, Beverly Hills, CA