Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series M, type 45, variety E, sinuous animal left, head raised, open jaws, long curling tongue, curled tail raised, claws below, pellets in field, rev. Vine coiled anticlockwise from centre to edge, 0.99g (SL 61-60 plate coin; SCBI 69, 564 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), corroded surfaces, otherwise well-centred and devices bold, approaching very fine, extremely rare.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder, August 2013
~ Found at Norwood Corner on the south edge of Cliffe Village (Kent) ~
Estimate: £250 - £200