Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series M, type 45, sinuous or serpent-bodied animal right, head raised, open jaws, long curling tongue and curled tail above, wing above back, claws below, pellets in field, rev. vine coiled anticlockwise from centre to edge, 0.81g (SL 61-70 plate coin; SCBI 69, 565 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), porous surfaces, otherwise a bolder fine, extremely rare.
provenance
A Smith, August 2014
Estimate: £400 - £300