Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, 'Celtic Cross', type 58, two cowled standing figures in profile, wearing long tunics flared below the waist, long cross pommée between and flanking either side, rev. Celtic cross with limbs narrowing to single line so the rosettes nearly touch, pellet cross superimposed, 1.00g (SL 28-10, plate coin; SCBI 69, 514 this coin; T&S pp. 426-32, 345-6; Gannon 53, no. 206, 57, no. 227, 87, 101, no. 159, 162-3, 169, 189, no. 62, and Fig. 5.7c; Spink 822), the reverse noticeably off-struck, otherwise fine to very fine and very rare.
provenance
Rudd, FPL 34, July 1998
~ Found at Upton (Oxfordshire), 1997~
[EMC 1998.0069]
Estimate: £250 - £150