Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series G, type 3a, diademed and draped bust right, with neat hairstyle, almond-shaped eye, small cross before, rev. diamond standard, central pellet in annulet, cross pommée above and to sides, trefoil below, pellets between, 1.04g (SL 21-20 plate coin; SCBI 69, 313 this coin; Abramson, 2012b, Fig 1b; North 43; Spink 800), faint porosity, otherwise a striking and attractive classically-inspired portrait, almost extremely fine.
provenance
S Harmer, September 2009,
~ Found at Ottinge (Kent), March 2009 ~,
[EMC 2010.0014 = BNJ Coin Register 2010, no. 101]
Estimate: £200 - £250