Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Serpent, Series K, type 32a/Saltire mule, coiled wolf worm right, tongue extending between fangs, beaded body curls round, three pellets below, vestigial ear behind, beaded border, rev. saltire within beaded border transecting angles of inner square with three pellets in each quadrant, 1.20g (SL 42-40; SCBI 69, 742 this coin; North -; Spink 830), lightly porous, otherwise well centred and of brighter silver, nearly very fine / a bolder very fine and extremely rare.
provenance
M Vosper, March 2003
Estimate: £280 - £320