Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series J, type 36 variety, crude diademed bust right, lower lip prominent, pelleted wreath ties behind, long cross pommée before, neat drapery, rev. smaller eagle above larger, left (exceptional), cross pommée before, former shows one tail feather, latter three, eagle in foreground has splayed feet, double beaded border, 1.20g, 270° (SL 20-20, plate coin; SCBI 69, 402 this coin; SEMC2, Metcalf no. 33; Abramson, 2008, Fig. 2; North 134; Spink 802D), a die break above head, and traces of surface porosity, otherwise a handsomely bold very fine, rare.
provenance
A Gillis, March 2004,
~ Found near Driffield (East Yorks) ~ ,
[EMC 2004.0058 = BNJ Coin Register 2005, no. 107]
Estimate: £250 - £350