Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series G, type 3a, diademed, draped bust right, with radiating hair, almond-shaped eye, crescent ear and collar, cross pommée before, rev. beaded standard, central pellet-in-annulet, saltire crosses in corners, pellets between, 0.90g (SL 21-20; SCBI 69, 317 this coin; Spink 800), chipped and stained with verdigris spotting, otherwise an exquisite portrait, much as struck, rare thus.
provenance
M O'Bee, March 2016,
~ Found at Benniworth (Lincs) ~
Estimate: £50 - £80