Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series N, type 41b, two facing figures standing on groundline, wearing long tunics, ornate cross pommée between, branches flanking, rev. Monster left, looking back, nose to border, tail with pellet end raised below jaw, feeding bird on rump, crest left with three pellets, claws beneath, pellet outline, 1.00g, 160° (SL 52-70 plate coin; Abramson, 2012b, Fig 20c; SCBI 69, 583 this coin; cf. Künker, 2008, lot 188; T&S pp. 459-67, 368-72; 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), toned but somewhat waterworn, almost very fine, extremely rare.
provenance
K Chapman, June 2005
Estimate: £400 - £300