Watch List notes:

Northumbria, Ælfwald I (779/80-788), Sceat, class B, beaded borders, EfEAlDVS+ S reversed, Aelfwald, around cross fourchée, serpent-like S touches initial cross fourchée, rev. fantastic animal standing right, foreleg raised, raised tail looped, pointing down, 1.01g, 225° (SL 73-20; SCBI 69, 874 this coin; North 181; Spink 851), light porosity on a darker toned flan, a pleasing very fine, very rare.
provenance
J Philpotts, January 2011
~ Found in Nunburnholme (East Yorkshire) ~
[EMC 2012.0037 = BNJ Coin Register 2012, no. 83]


Estimate: £800 - £1000