Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, C ARIP variety, diademed and draped bust right, almond-shaped eye, UVN before, bejewelled drapery with rounded neckline, rev. standing figure looking right, head cowled in crescent boat, both hands holding long cross pommée right, foliage to left, 1.00g, 270° (SL 26-40; Abramson, 2008, Fig. 29; SCBI 69, 501 this coin; T&S pp. 416-21, 336-40; Gannon 76, 87, 95, 98, 140, no. 231, 181, 189, no. 62, and Figs. 3.19c, 3.22a, 4.48b; North 69; Spink 820), some verdigris and toning, otherwise a bolder very fine, extremely rare.
provenance
K Chapman, March 2005
~ Reportedly found on the Bedfordshire-Buckinghamshire border ~
[EMC 2005.0255 = BNJ Coin Register 2006, no. 123]
Estimate: £800 - £600