Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, 'Serpent', Series K/R mule, type 86b, skeletal serpent coiled right, upward curled tongue between toothed fangs, pelleted and linear body touches beaded border above head, linear serpent envelopes inner serpent, rev. beaded standard with central pellet-in-annulet, pellet in each angle, cross pommée to each side and diagonal to each corner, 0.94g (SL 42-30, plate coin; SCBI 69, 549 this coin; North -; Spink 830), of brighter silver with some peripheral discolouration, otherwise charmingly crude, a bolder very fine, extremely rare.
provenance
S Elden, September 2006,
Found south of Norwich,
[EMC 2007.0029]
Estimate: £300 - £400