Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series G, type 3a, variety/imitative, large crude diademed and draped bust right, braided hair forward, chevron ear, hand of benediction before holding cross, crescent drapery, rev. diamond standard, central pellet-in-annulet, cross pommée above and to sides, trefoil below, pellets between, 0.91g (SL 21-70, plate coin; SCBI 69, 328 this coin; Spink 800A plate coin), slightly off-struck, otherwise a bolder very fine for type, deposits in recesses.
provenance
A Gillis, October 2008,
~ Found between Catton and Pocklington (East Yorks), October 2008 ~ ,
[EMC 2009.0051]
Estimate: £120 - £150