Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, 'Vernus' Group 1d, type 91, crude head right, thickly braided hair, angular element with eye in corner and ear suspend, upturned lips, cross pattée and vestigial letters around, rev. degenerate, beaded, votive standard with central pellet-in-annulet and angles in upper half, tufa above, cross below, chevron to side, 1.09g, 90° (SL 6-20 plate coin; SCBI 69, 129 this coin; North 17; Spink 783), some discolouration on cheek, otherwise toned with limited traces of waterwear, a bolder very fine.
provenance
K Chapman, May 2008,
A Cherry, November 1990
Estimate: £100 - £150