Northumbria, Eadberht, Secondary Phase (737-758), Sceat, class Fiv, beaded borders, EOTBEREHTVS, in roman lettering, around cross within inner beaded circle, pellets in quadrants, rev. fantastic animal standing right, foreleg raised, tail looped, pointing down, enclosing cross pattée, triquetra below, 0.90g, 0° (SL 70-200 plate coin; SCBI 69, 851 this coin, North 178; Spink 847), some peripheral striking softness, otherwise lightly toned, a pleasingly bold very fine.
provenance
A Gillis, May 2016
~ Found at Butterwick (Lincolnshire), 2010 ~
[EMC 2017.0040]
Estimate: £400 - £500