Northumbria, Eadberht (738-758), Sceat, Series Y, class Ai, EAdBERhTVl· around cross pattée, rev. fantastic animal, standing right, tongue extended, foreleg raised, tail (emanating from mid-back) looped, pointing down, 1.20g, 180° (SL 70-10 plate coin; Abramson 2018b; SCBI 69, 830 this coin; Bude, 2014, Fig 1; T&S pp. 576-93, 454-70; Gannon 87, 91, no. 83, 92, 127, 129, no. 149, 154, 167, no. 85, 190, no. 74, 192, and Figs. 3.16, 4.27, 4.29a, 4.64a; North 178; Spink 847), a beautiful and well-balanced example, toned, about extremely fine.
provenance
M Vosper, March 2009
P Savage collection
Estimate: £900 - £700