Anglo Saxon-England, Continental Phase (695-740), Sceat, Insular Series, Type 30/Series N, Type 41b, mirrored figures facing, wearing striped smocks, long cross between, trefoil below, cross to each sides, chevrons in border, beaded border, chevrons beyond, rev. Monster in flight right, looking back, gaping jaws, long crest with trefoil end, raised tail, beaded outline, clawed feet below, beaded border inside linear border, 1.05g, 270° (SL 105-90; SCBI 69, 765 this coin; Abramson, 2008, Fig 32), waterworn and porous, similarly off-centre as the last, otherwise a bolder fine, rare.
provenance
P Spencer, February 2006
~ Found by A Murray at Fulford, near York ~
[EMC 2006.0282]
Estimate: £200 - £250