Northumbria, Eadberht, Secondary Phase (737-758), Sceat, class Fxv, beaded borders, EDTBERHTVs, in roman lettering, around central boss in beaded circle, rev. fantastic beast right, extended tongue, pellet cross within pellet tail, triquetra below, 0.95g, 0° (SL 70-189; SCBI 69, 850 this coin; North 178; Spink 847), faint surface porosity, otherwise well-centred and solidly bold, a pleasingly good very fine.
provenance
S Zaremba, August 2016
~ Found by I Sharman at Middleton-in-the-Woods (East Yorkshire) ~
[EMC 2017.0042]
Estimate: £450 - £550