Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series N, type 41b, two short cowled figures, wearing shorter tunics, feet inward above beaded groundline, long cross at either side, trefoils between and above, pellets in field, cowl and trefoil above, rev. Monster in flight left, looking back, tail with triple end raised to jaws, claws below, 0.85g, 270° (SL 52-40 plate coin; SCBI 69, 575 this coin; T&S pp. 459-67, 368-72; Metcalf 221; Gannon 101, 103, 104, no. 177 and 179, 148-50, and Figs. 3.24, 3.26, 4.58 b-c; MEC 8 Series Nb; North 99; Spink 806), some deposits in recesses, otherwise well-centred, good very fine.
provenance
S Elden, February 2006
~ Reportedly found in Cambridgeshire ~
[EMC 2006.0277]
Estimate: £400 - £300