East Anglia, Beonna (c. 749-760), Lead trial piece for a Sceat, BEN+NAX (BEONNA REX) in runic, initial cross, rev. Interlace design, beaded border, 10.11g, 28.5mm (SL 113-40v; SCBI 69, 1070 this coin; BNJ 55 [1985], plate 2, no. 50-52, C71 and C75; cf. North 430; cf. Spink 945), fair to almost fine, a fascinating Anglo-Saxon paranumismatic curiosity, presumed unique.
provenance
Acquired privately from the finder, May 2014
~ Found by C Slater, 'near the river in Ripon, one mile from the Cathedral' ~
Estimate: £100 - £60