Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, Saroaldo, type 11, variety with affinities to Series E, stylised bust right with braided hair, boss before, crescent ear, annulet eye, beaded pyramidical neck, beaded diadem to top and rear of head, rev. beaded standard, central pellet-in-annulet, blundered letters and symbols around and in margin, 1.21g (SL 7-50, plate coin; SCBI 69, 145 this coin; North 44; Spink 784), some deposits in recesses, otherwise a cheeky portrait, lightly toned, good very fine and very rare.
provenance
M Vosper, April 2008,
Reportedly found in South Lincolnshire,
[EMC 2009.0043]
Estimate: £500 - £600