Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series QIII variety, long-legged quadruped right, looking back, jaws open, arched tail interweaves legs, feet flat, pellets in field, rev. Sea bird or eagle (?) looking left, erect posture, splayed feet, triquetra right, pellets in field, 0.71g, 0° (SL 65-60 plate coin; 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), fine and extremely rare.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder, March 2019
~ Found near Aldershot (Hampshire), August 2017 ~
Estimate: £350 - £250