Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series R/Q mule, Epa, crude radiate bust right, runic TEPA before, short beaded pyramid neck on curved exergual lines, rev. long-beaked wading bird of elegant style, feather below tail, pellets in field, partial runic inscription RICA above, 1.11g, 315° (SL 12-45; SCBI 69, 703 this coin; cf. EMC 2019.0090; North 147; Spink 812), trace porosity, otherwise toned, a bolder very fine, the first of only two known.
provenance
J Philpotts, November 2012
~ Reportedly found in Oxfordshire ~
Estimate: £1200 - £1000