ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 730-740/5. BI Sceatt (12mm, 0.85 g, 9h). Series L, type 18. Mint in Essex or Kent. Diademed and draped bust right; long cross pommée to right / Figure standing facing in crescent boat, holding cross pommée and bird; perch to lower right. Sceatta List 33–40; MEC 8 Series KLa; North 72; SCBC 804F. Flan crack, some porosity. Near VF. Rare.
From the James & Martha Robertson Collection, purchased from Mike Vosper, 10 February 2007.