Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, Saroaldo, type 11, disintegrated bust right with diadem low on forehead, eye in upper angle of nose, pellet lips, crescent ear, ladder collar, annulet before, rev. small linear diamond enclosing plain cross with pellet in each quadrant. +SAROALDO, 1.02g, 45° (SL 7-30, plate coin; SCBI 69, 139 this coin; Spink 784), cleaned and porous, otherwise very fine, rare.
provenance
J Philpotts, January 2010,
Reportedly found in Essex or Suffolk [via N Mills]
Estimate: £500 - £600