Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series O, type 40, Female figure facing, triquetra headdress either side, wearing long buttoned tunic of cruciform appearance , long cross pommée either side, inverted crosses at hem, rev. Monster in flight left, looking back, raised tail, pellets behind and below, hirsute pellet outline, clawed foot below; straight foreleg raised above head, 1.00g, 90° (SL 55-30 plate coin; SCBI 69, 603 this coin; T&S pp. 477-81; North 114; Spink 807B), some partial delamination, a pleasingly good very fine, presumed unique.
provenance
M Vosper, March 2007
Estimate: £600 - £400