Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series G, type 3a, diademed and draped bust right, with radiating hair, almond-shaped eye, crescent ear and collar, large cross pommée before, rev. beaded standard, central pellet-in-annulet, saltire crosses in corners, pellets between, 1.10g, 90° (SL 21-20; SCBI 69, 310 this coin; Abramson, 2012a, Fig 22; Abramson, 2012b, Fig 6; Spink 800 plate coin), a remarkable example, some faint porosity on cheeky, otherwise devices remarkably bold, a most handsome good extremely fine, rare thus.
provenance
T Owen, May 1995
Estimate: £200 - £250