Watch List notes:

Anglo Saxon-England, Continental Phase (695-740), Sceat, Series E, Late Variety, Abstract elements, quilled crescent coiled left, gaping mouth below, rosette at base, rev. beaded standard, central rectangle with inner crescents bridging corners, in margins: horns and vestigial lettering similar to Series A design, 1.20g (SL 97-30 plate coin; SCBI 69, 238 this coin; Spink 790C), trace porosity beneath darkly patinated surfaces, an interesting left-facing variety of high relief, a really bold very fine, of the highest rarity.
provenance
CNG, November 2003


Estimate: £120 - £150