Northumbria, Ælfwald I (779/80-788), Sceat, class A, beaded borders, ELFEVALD+, Ælfwald, half retrograde, around central cross pattée, rev. fantastic animal standing left, foreleg raised, pointed tail, 0.97g, 0° (SL 73-10 plate coin; SCBI 69, 872 this coin; North 181; Spink 851), surface porosity on a concave flan, otherwise about very fine, very rare.
provenance
J Booth, September 2007
~ Found north of Driffield (East Yorkshire) ~
[EMC 2008.0086 = BNJ Coin Register 2008, no. 189]
Estimate: £400 - £600