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, 0.83g, 0° (SL 21-20; SCBI 69, 311 this coin; Spink 800 plate coin), struck with a slightly soft obverse die, otherwise attractively toned, a truly desirable example for type, extremely fine, rare in so honest a state.
provenance
Acquired privately from fine, September 2010,
~ Found by T Hooverman at Kilham (East Yorks), October 2008 ~
Estimate: £250 - £350