Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series QIID variety, Quadruped right, looking forward, angular foreleg and trefoil tail raised, pellet-filled field, rev. Sea bird or eagle right, feet splayed, forked tail, wing and cross pommée over back. pellets in field, 0.80g, 0° (SL 64-120 plate coin; SCBI 69, 638 this coin; T&S pp. 492-5; Gannon 113, 116-7, 154-6, 191-2, Figs. 4.7c, 4.64b; MEC 8 Series Qb; North –; Spink 809), obverse off-centre, otherwise of good fabric, good very fine and very rare.
provenance
M Vosper, March 2003
Estimate: £500 - £400