Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series J, type 72, two facing diademed heads in profile, long cross on pedestal between, crude style, rev. bird (eagle?) right, looking left, encircled by gaping, serpent-headed, worm with three pellets in mouth and beaded body, crude style, 1.03g, 30° (SL 19-10; SCBI 69, 396 this coin; Abramson, 2008, Fig 7; T&S pp. 353-5, 296-300; Gannon 37-9, 73, 86, no. 51, 107, no. 5, 110-11, 160, and Figs. 2.19, 4.3a; North 141; Spink 802C), slightly waterworn and porous otherwise almost very fine / fine and rare.
provenance
TimeLine, October 2005,
~ Found at Horncastle (Lincs) ~,
[EMC 2005.0148]
Estimate: £120 - £150