Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series K, type 32a, diademed and draped bust right, almond-shaped eye gazing heavenward, small mouth, braided hair, knotted wreath ties behind, hand cupping cross pommée before with pellet in palm, rev. serpent headed, coiled, 'lion', right, with long upward curling tongue extended between fangs, erect ear, circular eye, beaded body encircling, beaded border, 0.99g, 270° (SL 39-10; SCBI 69, 407this coin; Abramson, 2012b, Fig 1a; T&S pp. 385-8 and 395-402, 307-10; Gannon 35, 71, 72, 131, 137,139-40, 175, 187-8, and Figs. 2.15, 2.48a, 4.44, 4.46b, 4.47, and 6.1; North 89; Spink 803C), a lovely example, a pleasing very fine or better but for faint traces of porosity, desirable thus.
provenance
J Philpotts, January 2009,
Reportedly found in Suffolk
Estimate: £400 - £500