Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series M, type 45, variety F, sinuous animal right with long tongue curled and tail raised, pellets in field, rev. vine coiled anticlockwise from centre around central cross pommée, annulet above, 0.92g (SL 61-30 plate coin; SCBI 69, 560 this coin; T&S pp. 453-8, 363-7; Gannon 155, 164, and Figs. 4.65, 5.8; MEC 8 Series M; North 143; Spink 805), a small edge chip and rougher surfaces, otherwise almost very fine, very rare.
provenance
S Harmer, March 2008
~ Found at Wye near Ashford (Kent), November 2007 ~
[EMC 2009.0063]
Estimate: £500 - £400