Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series K, obverse C-D, type 33 (cf. Reculver), diademed and draped bust right, elaborate square breastplate (?), long wreath ties behind, cross pommée before, rev. lion head right, chevron mane, ear forward, distinct sharp teeth, snake-tongue rises in figure-of-eight ending in serpent head, 0.87g, 90° (SL 38-10 rev. plate coin; SCBI 69, 427 this coin; Gannon 59, no. 237, 64-5, 131-2, 134, 135, 139, 156, 178, no. 155, 189, no. 62, and Figs. 2.48b, 2.49a, 2.58, 4.35b, 4.36a, and 4.36d; North 93; Spink 803), porous with a minor edge chip, otherwise almost very fine, rare.
provenance
M Vosper, April 2011
~ Believed to have been found on the south coast of England ~
Estimate: £450 - £350