Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series J, type 36, crude diademed bust right, pelleted wreath ties behind, long cross pommée before, linear drapery, rev. two birds (eagles ?) right, foreground bird has distinct eye, three tail feathers and splayed feet, cross pommée before, 0.76g, 180° (SL 20-10v; SCBI 69, 399 this coin; T&S pp. 361-7, 301-2; Gannon 48, no. 170; 55, no. 215, 114-5, Fig. 4.8; North 134; Spink 802D), well-centred, toned, a really good very fine.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder, August 2016
~ Found by L Grace at Castle Donington (Leicestershire) ~
Estimate: £600 - £500