Anglo-Saxon England, Eclectic Sceattas (710-760), Sceat, C ARIP variety, diademed bust right, almond-shaped eye, pellets before, wreath ties behind, degenerated form of C/ARIP before, rev. facing, standing figure wearing cross-hatched tabard and tunic in folds, holding cross pommée on trident right in both hands, floral sprig left, 1.03g, 0° (SL 26-50, plate coin; SCBI 69, 502 this coin; North 69; Spink 820), patchy tone, otherwise a pleasing very fine, very rare.
provenance
Beowulf, CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 1436,
M Vosper, November 1999
Estimate: £800 - £1000