Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, Series BX, type 26, diademed bust right, beaded crescent and annulet before, shoulder breaking beaded circle, crescent ear, legend in margin, rev. bird on cross pattée on steps breaking beaded circle, annulets either side of cross and of steps, legend in margin, 1.25g, 90° (SL 15-10; SCBI 69, 45 this coin; T&S pp. 94-105, 97-9; Gannon 35, 158, and Fig. 2.13a; North 124; Spink 776), light porosity, otherwise attractively cabinet toned, a bolder very fine.
provenance
L Bennett, March 2007,
Spink
Estimate: £250 - £350