Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series N, type 41a, two standing figures facing each other wearing cynehelms and long tunics, pleated below the waist, cross pommée between, feet angled downwards on line border, rev. monster in flight right, looking back, tail with pellet end in gaping jaws, long crest behind, pelleted outline, prominent member, clawed feet below, 1.10g, 270° (SL 52-10; SCBI 69, 568 this coin; North 99; Spink 806), spots of verdigris and waterworn, otherwise toned, almost very fine, scarce.
provenance
K Chapman, October 2005
Estimate: £250 - £350