Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series QII, long-legged quadruped right, looking back with beak open, beaded tongue extended, crest and tail curl round beast, rev. Quadruped right, tail and wing cross above, serpent below, pellets in field, 1.00g, 90° (SL 64-35 plate coin; SCBI 69, 630 this coin; T&S pp. 492-5; Gannon 113, 116-7, 154-6, 191-2, Fig. 4.7c, Fig. 4.64b; MEC 8 Series Qb; North –; Spink 809), surface porosity and corrosion spotting, otherwise very fine, presumed unique.
provenance
P Royston, TimeLines, 24 May 2016, lot 3583
~ Found at Buntingford (Hertfordshire), March 2016 ~
[EMC 2016.0100]
Estimate: £1200 - £1000