Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series K, type 33, London connected, tall diademed bust right, almond-shaped eye, wreath ties behind, cross pommée before, rev. lion head left, erect ear, pellet eye, tongue curling extravagantly around field, 1.20g, 180° (SL 38-20; SCBI 69, 432 this coin; T&S pp. 388-91 and 405, 306), porous with some staining, otherwise a pleasingly bold very fine, rare and better in hand.
provenance
T Owen, March 1997
Estimate: £300 - £400