Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Pale Gold Phase. Circa 650-675. Pale AV Thrymsa (12mm, 1.20 g, 12h). 'Oath-taking' or 'Constantine' (Type II.T.ii). Mint possibly in East Anglia. Diademed bust right, arm extending right with open hand on cross / 'Lyre-shaped' object within double-pelleted wreath; traces of legend around. Sutherland 26 = SCBI 63 (BM), 22 (same obv. die); A&W Type V.xxiv, 332 = EMC 1990.1283 (this coin); Metcalf pp. 47–9; North 17; SCBC 766. VF, light scratch in hair, with a clear portrait. Very rare.


From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from John Philpotts, 27 September 2014. Ex Sotheby's (4 October 1990), lot 283. Found Coddenham, Suffolk.