Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Fledgling, style b, wolf head right, prominent mane behind, round eye, pointed ear above, serpent (?) curling below, serrated border, abstract style, rev. eagle running right, large claws below, carrying fish in mouth, trefoil tail in triquetra above, beaded border, double at top, style abstract, 1.15g, 90° (SL 44-20 plate coin; SCBI 69, 455 this coin; Spink 832 plate coin), lightly toned with very faint porosity, otherwise most handsome and attractive, almost extremely fine and extremely rare.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder, May 2007,
~ Found by D Janes at Ewelme (Oxon), 2005 ~ ,
[PAS BERK-01EB24 = EMC 2008.0057 = BNJ Coin Review 2008, no. 182]
Estimate: £600 - £800