Anglo-Saxon England, Eclectic Series (710-760), Sceat, Series R3/type 51 mule, Saltire standard, variety P1e, large degenerate bust right, headdress of wire line between two beaded lines, long cross pommée before, ^ and saltire behind, linear pyramidical neck, rev. beaded saltire in double beaded standard, pellet trefoils in angles, profusion of pellets in margins, 0.90g (SL 13-10; SCBI 69, 711 this coin; Abramson and Bonser, 1999, 101/159; 104/177; 164/174, and Figs. 5.9a, 5.22; North 159; Spink 813/833), waterworn and darkly toned, a bolder very fine, rare.
provenance
T Webb-Ware, February 1995
Estimate: £250 - £350