Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, Series BX, type 26, diademed bust right, cross before, shoulder breaking beaded circle, crescent ear, legend in margin, rev. bird on cross pattée on steps breaking beaded circle, annulets and pellets either side of cross, 1.20g, 90° (SL 15-10; SCBI 69, 46 this coin; Beowulf 6 this coin; T&S pp. 94-105, 97-9; Gannon 35, 158, and Fig. 2.13a; North 124; Spink 776), waterworn and light porosity, otherwise handsomely struck up, good very fine.
provenance
Beowulf, CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 1348,
M Vosper, February 1997,
~ Found near Great Dunmow (Essex) ~ ,
[EMC 2008.0040 = BNJ Coin Register 2008, no. 87]
Estimate: £400 - £500