Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series K/N related, type 15 (or 17)/41 mule, variety 3, facing figure standing, looking right (?), wearing cynehelm, cross-hatched top, flared tunic with pellet ends, long cross pommée at either side, groundline, rev. crested monster right, looking back, crest right, gaping jaws, pellet outline, curled tail raised, clawed feet below, 0.90g, 90° (SL 37-10; SCBI 69, 541 this coin; T&S pp. 444-5, 352-3; Spink 828 plate coin), waterworn and slightly porous, nevertheless of sturdy fabric, only fine but extremely rare.
provenance
DNW 78, 19 June 2008, lot 243 [recté]
Estimate: £180 - £220