Anglo Saxon-England, Continental Phase (695-740), 'Maastricht' Interlace or 'Zedelius' Type A[?], Sceat, stylised bust left with thickly braided hair in simple diadem, exaggerated features, cross pommée before, beaded border, rev. interlaced cross with trefoil of pellets in quadrants, central pellet, beaded border, 1.10g (SL 60-10 plate coin; SCBI 69, 301 this coin; Abramson, 2008, Fig 23; Spink 795 plate coin), neatly centred on a handsomely toned broad flan, the portrait wonderfully abstract, a really good very fine, rare, especially in this condition.
provenance
M Vosper, September 2003
Estimate: £600 - £800