Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, 'Vernus' Group 1f, type 91, crude head right, thickly braided hair, angular element with eye in corner and ear suspend, upturned lips, VERNVS around, rev, degenerate, beaded, votive standard with central pellet-in-annulet and angles in upper half, tufa above, cross below, chevron to side, 1.21g, 0° (SL 6-20; SCBI 69, 128 this coin; T&S pp. 140-6, 146-50; Gannon 48, no. 173, 172, no. 114, 174, 180, 184, no. 22, and Fig. 2.37a; North 17; Spink 783), toned with very minor striking softness to periphery and bend to flan, otherwise good very fine, rare.
provenance
Beowulf, CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 1361,
M Vosper
Estimate: £150 - £200