Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, Series BI variety, triple diademed bust right, in serpent circle starting at four o'clock, cable border, rev. bird on cross pattée, annulet either side, beaded serpent circle, blundered legend in margin, 1.19g, 90° (SL 16-50; SCBI 69, 61 this coin; T&S pp. 94-105, 100-6; Gannon 36, 47, 48, no. 173, 107-10, 112, 136, 184, 184, no. 18, and Figs. 2.18a, 4.1b, and 4.5; North 126; Spink 777), lightly toned, a pleasing very fine and rare.
provenance
M Hewitt, March 2010
Estimate: £300 - £400