Northumbria, Eadberht, Secondary Phase (737-758), Sceat, class Ei, beaded borders, EOTBERETVl· retrograde, around cross pattée, rev. fantastic animal standing right, foreleg and back leg raised, tail looped, pointing down, enclosing cross pattée, triquetra below, 1.03g, 270° (SL 70-150, SCBI 69, 844 this coin; North 178; Spink 847), porous and the obverse a touch off-struck on a broad flan, otherwise almost very fine.
provenance
C Best, April 2009
~ Found near Bridlington (East Yorkshire), 2009 ~
[EMC 2010.0030 = BNJ Coin Register 2010, no. 139]
Estimate: £220 - £280