Watch List notes:

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Fledgling, style c, wolf head right, prominent mane behind, round eye, pointed ear above, serpent (?) curling below, serrated border, disintegrated style, rev. eagle running right, large claws below, carrying fish in mouth, trefoil tail in triquetra above, beaded border, double at top, disintegrated style, 0.57g, 90°, 9mm (SL 44-30, plate coin; SCBI 69, 457 this coin; Abramson, 2008, Fig 11; Spink 832 plate coin), of base fabric with corroded edges, otherwise handsomely patinated, a really bold very fine, extremely rare.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder, June 2005,
~ Found by J French at Trimley St Martin (Suffolk), 2001 ~,
[PAS SF7979 = EMC 2001.1213 = BNJ Coin Register 2002, no. 126]


Estimate: £250 - £350