Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, 'Serpent', Series K/R mule, type 86a, coiled serpent looking left, five pellets enclosed, pelleted body ending in zoomorphic head above, rev. beaded standard with central pellet-in-annulet, pellet in each angle, cross pommée to each side and pelleted diagonal to each corner, 0.97g (SL 42-20, plate coin; SCBI 69, 548 this coin; T&S pp. 449; MEC 8 Series SP; North -; Spink 830), dark patination and slightly waterworn, otherwise well-centred, a pleasingly good very fine, extremely rare and better in hand.
provenance
P Revell, January 2012,
Reportedly found in Norfolk
Estimate: £400 - £500