Anglo-Saxon, Post-Crondall types, c.655-c.75, Thrymsa, 1.27g, 'Concordia' type, radiate bust right, cross before, rev. clasped hands, nie above, inverted a below (Metcalf;- ;SCBI 63 BM, No 19-20; Sutherland 23-5; N.16; S.765), a field find with some scuffing and contact marks, barely perceptible bow at periphery above bust, surfaces generally surviving remarkably well, and a very crisp, clean strike on this, high gold content and lustre in recesses, extremely fine, c. 5 examples of this type known with fewer than this number available to commerce, excessively rare.
provenance
Found East Grafton, Wiltshire, April 2015
Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, ref. EMC (TBC)
Estimate: £8,000.00 - £12,000.00