Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, R6, crude runic bust left, crescent ear, ES before, chevron behind, beaded pyramidal neck resting on curved, beaded exergual lines, linear border, rev. central pellet-in-annulet in beaded square within beaded circle, beaded border with annulet at each compass point, 0.95g (SL 11-90 plate coin; SCBI 69, 675 this coin; DMM pp. 513; T&S pp. 515-17, 410-16; T&S p. 513-14, 407; North 153; Spink 813), lightly toned, a really good very fine.
provenance
Beowulf, CNG 75, 23 May 2007 lot 1406,
L R Stack, Sotheby's, 22-23 April 1999, lot 209
Estimate: £180 - £220