Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series QIIIA variety, type 64, sinuous quadruped left, arched tail with finial end falling anticlockwise between hind legs, foreleg raised, flat feet, pellets in field, rev. Sea bird or eagle right, looking forward, leg spurs, splayed feet, triquetra above, pellet-filled field, 0.84g, 270° (SCBI 69, 644 this coin; Abramson, 2008, Fig. 50b; T&S pp. 495-6, 386-7; Gannon 134, 151, no. 305, 191-2, and Figs. 4.7b, 4.30, 4.38a; MEC 8 Series Qc; North 139; Spink 810), elongated flan of good fabric, toned, a pleasing very fine, very rare.
provenance
Bruun-Rasmussen 764, 11 December 2006, lot 5404
Estimate: £700 - £500