Watch List notes:

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series H, 'Celtic cross', type 48, variety 2a, clockwise whorl of three serpents, with gaping jaws, erect ears and wasp-like bodies, extended beaded tongues, central boss, rev. void Celtic cross, enclosing pellet cross and curving around rosettes in angles, beaded border, 0.90g (SL 47-10; SCBI 69, 359 this coin; T&S pp. 333-40, 289-92; Gannon 174, 180, Fig. 5.5; T&S pp. 321-36, 285-8; Gannon 28, 36, 113, 120, 123, 180, 190 no. 74, Figs. 2.6, and 4.19; Spink 801B plate coin), of sound fabric and spots of verdigris, otherwise well-centred, almost extremely fine.
provenance
J Philpotts, December 2010,
Reportedly found on the Isle of Wight


Estimate: £500 - £600