Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series G, type 3a, small bust right, straight wreath ties behind, long cross (in palm ?) before, with Thor's hammer above, row of pellets before and behind, rev. diamond standard with cross pommée in each corner, inner pellet cross, pellets and cross pommée to each side, 1.13g (SL 21-40; SCBI 69, 322 this coin; T&S pp. 266-74, 267-74; Gannon 48, no. 170, 65, 174, 184, no. 18, Fig. 2.36, 5.21a; North 43; Spink 800), the portrait somewhat waterworn, otherwise almost very fine, extremely rare.
provenance
M Vosper, February 2015
Estimate: £350 - £250