Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series H, type 49, variety 5, Hamwic, central face in beaded circle, five roundels, quincunx below, rev. peacock striding right, head feathers raised, pellet-in-annulet above, and behind, quincunx before, pellets in field, 0.79g, 270° (SL 48-650, Existence of type predicted in Sceatta List; SCBI 69, -; North 108, Spink 801A), slightly ragged at edge and some rub to portrait, otherwise well-centred, a bolder very fine, the type once thought speculative, now confirmed but presumed unique.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder,
~ Found by A Dennis at St Mary's Church, Laverstoke (Hants), January 2020 ~,
[PAS SUR-AF883A]
Estimate: £500 - £600