Watch List notes:

Anglo-Saxon England, Eclectic Sceattas (710-760), Sceat, Swan, type 94, archer kneeling right, bow and arrow before, branch behind, rev. large bird, possibly a swan or goose, right, wing over back, long tail feathers, turning head to peck berries suspended above, foliage behind, 0.96g, 270°(?) (SL 50-10; SCBI 69, 805 this coin; The significance of the rounded finial on the arrow is discussed in Gannon, pp. 105-6; Figs. 3.29, 3.31; North -; Spink 825 plate coin), traces of silvering remaining, otherwise of baser fabric, almost fine and extremely rare.
provenance
M Wilson, April 2008,
~ Found near Linton (Cambs), 'one mile from the Zoo', April 2008 ~,
[EMC 2009.0048]


Estimate: £200 - £250