Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series L, type 12 variety [?], diademed and draped 'Hwiccian' bust right, wreath-ties unknotted, blundered legend OLNDU retrograde, rev. standing figure in cynehelm, head right, standing, wearing cross-hatched tabard and plain tunic with pellet ends, long cross pommée either side, pellets on shafts of crosses, no crescent boat, raised groundline, 0.79g, 180° (SL 23-15; SCBI 69, 496 this coin; MEC 8 Series La; North 63; Spink 804), in base fabric and somewhat porous with an endearing miniature portrait, almost fine, extremely rare.
provenance
TimeLines, February 2014
Estimate: £220 - £280